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December 17, 2025 • 5 min read • views
Mother mourns ‘light of her life’ stabbed to death hours after getting university spot
Mother mourns ‘light of her life’ stabbed to death hours after getting university spot John Dunne John Dunne Published December 17, 2025 5:38pm Updated December 17, 2025 5:38pm Share this article via whatsappShare this article via xCopy the link to this article.Link is copiedShare this article via facebook Comment now Comments The mother of a young man fatally stabbed after he left an optician's appointment in Wembley has described him as 'the light of her life' as she revealed he had been accepted for university just hours before his death. Arsenal fan Micah Whitely, 22, was attacked in a post office doorway after leaving Specsavers on High Road Wembley on 1 December. Paramedics battled to save him and he was taken to Northwick Park Hospital where he was pronounced dead. His mother Marsha Whitely, 51was phoned by a paramedic from the scene who informed her that Micah was injured and she needed to get to the hospital. She told Metro: 'My son went to a Specsavers appointment in a cab it was just like a normal day then I received the call. I could hear screaming in the background. It was a phone call no mother wants to receive. I didn't know how bad it was at that stage. At the hospital after a long wait the doctor opened with the words 'we did all we can' I couldn't believe he had gone.' Ms Whitely described how her son had 'everything to live for' having been accepted to study business at university. She said: 'He had just got the letter of acceptance that day. He had been working in construction, doing driving lessons and all round going forward in his life. 'He was the light of my life. He lit up a room, he was a joker and a doting family boy. He loved Arsenal and had loads of friends. A woman had collapsed on the street recently and he ran to help her and call the ambulance that's what sort of person he was. He was a positive force. I had a stroke when he was a young teenager and he cared for me. Micah was a caring, humble soul.' She said that the tearful police officer who had tried to save Micah had visited the family home after his death. She added: 'He gave my son mouth to mouth resuscitation, he did his best. He was crying when I saw him. I thanked him for all he did.' Ms Whitely is planning to campaign against knife crime and has already been in contact with London mayor Sadiq Khan. She said: 'The level of violence on the streets is terrible and the number of bereaved families like us is heartbreaking. We need to take action. It will not being my so back but I want to make a stand that this knife crime must stop.' Kevon Jenkins, 22,from Brent has been charged with Micah's murder and possession of a knife. A woman, 21, arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender has been bailed pending further inquiries. A GoFundMe page has been set up to help Micah's family as they grieve his loss. To contribute go to: https://www.gofundme.com/f/micah-j-whitely?cdn-cache=0 Micah Whitely, 22, was attacked in a post office doorway after leaving Specsavers (Picture: Family handout)

It was the words no mother should have to hear. ‘We did all we can’, the doctor told Marsha Whitely in the hospital after waiting hours for news of her son.

Arsenal fan Micah, 22, was stabbed in a post office doorway after leaving his appointment at Specsavers in Wembley on 1 December.

A police officer was the first to give Micah mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to help get him to Northwick Park Hospital alive.

Marsha was phoned by a paramedic from the scene who informed her that Micah was injured and she needed to rush to the hospital.

She told Metro: ‘I could hear screaming in the background. It was a phone call no mother wants to receive.

‘I didn’t know how bad it was at that stage.

‘At the hospital after a long wait the doctor opened with the words ‘we did all we can’, I couldn’t believe he had gone.’

Ms Whitely described how her son had ‘everything to live for’ having been accepted to study business at university.

She said: ‘He had just got the letter of acceptance that day. He had been working in construction, doing driving lessons and moving forward in his life.’

Paying tribute to Micah, she said: ‘He was the light of my life. He lit up a room, he was a joker and a doting family boy. He loved Arsenal and had loads of friends.

‘A woman had collapsed on the street recently and he ran to help her and call the ambulance, that’s the sort of person he was.

‘He was a positive force. I had a stroke when he was a young teenager and he cared for me. Micah was a caring, humble soul.’

She said that the tearful police officer who had tried to save Micah had visited the family home after his death.

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She added: ‘He gave my son mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, he did his best. He was crying when I saw him. I thanked him for all he did.’

Ms Whitely is planning to campaign against knife crime and has already been in contact with London mayor Sadiq Khan.

She said: ‘The level of violence on the streets is terrible and the number of bereaved families like us is heartbreaking.

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‘We need to take action. It will not bring my so back but I want to make a stand that this knife crime must stop.’

Kevon Jenkins, 22, from Brent has been charged with Micah’s murder and possession of a knife.

A woman, 21, arrested on suspicion of assisting an offenderc, has been bailed pending further inquiries.

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help Micah’s family as they grieve his loss. To contribute click here.

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