Eliezer Mbaki
Case Information & Details
Eliezer Mbaki has been associated with at least two significant criminal cases in the UK, resulting in charges and a conviction.
1. Cockfosters Machete Attack (July 2024)
On August 8, 2024, Eliezer Mbaki, then 24 years old and residing in Oulton Road, Tottenham, was charged in connection with a violent incident in Cockfosters. The charges included attempted wounding with intent, possession of a blade/sharp-pointed article in a public place, and affray. This followed an altercation on July 8, 2024, at Cockfosters Parade, where a 24-year-old man sustained non-life-threatening knife wounds. Mbaki was scheduled to appear at Wood Green Crown Court on August 14, 2024.
2. Keanu Harker Fatal Shooting (June 2025)
Mbaki was also involved in legal proceedings related to the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Keanu Harker in Enfield.
- Arrest and Charges: On July 1, 2025, Eliezer Mbaki, aged 24 at the time, was charged with perverting the course of justice in connection with Harker's death. He was arrested on June 30, 2025, and remanded to appear before Westminster Magistrates' Court on July 2, 2025. The shooting occurred on June 26, 2025, on Great Cambridge Road.
- Conviction: Following a six-week trial at the Old Bailey, Mbaki, then 25, was convicted of assisting an offender.
- Sentencing: On July 10, 2026, Eliezer Mbaki was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison for perverting the course of justice. The court heard that after the shooting, Mbaki collected the two individuals responsible for the murder, Emmanuel Popoola and Tayvon Etefia, in a black Ford Focus and drove them away. Popoola and Etefia were convicted of murder and received life sentences.
Public court records also indicate a criminal case (reference 01MP1201125) involving Eliezer Mbaki at the Central Criminal Court, with hearing dates on May 28, 2026, and June 5, 2026, and June 18, 2026. This likely pertains to the Keanu Harker case given the court and dates aligning with the trial and sentencing.