Parents of murdered teenager Jimmy Mizen are questioning if their son’s killer is fit for release.
They want to read their victim statement to Jimmy’s killer Jake Fahri at his parole hearing in May.
Dad Barry Mizen said: “It’s not when someone comes out of prison, it’s what comes out.”
The hearing will be 14 years after Jimmy, 16, bled to death in a bakery in Lee, South-East London, after Fahri threw an oven dish at him.
A shard sliced a vein and artery in his neck and the rugby-loving lad, about to start an apprenticeship, died in the arms of brother Harry, 18.
Barry, 67, said: “We have accepted that he [Fahri] will come out one day. The question is, is this person safe?
“If the evidence proves he’s safe, we won’t be screaming and shouting.
“All we are asking for is that the process is fair and reasonable.”
Bully Fahri, who lived near the Mizens, had a string of convictions including for burglary and assault.
Fahri, now 31, understood to be a Category A prisoner at Long Lartin in South Littleton, Worcs, was accused of sexually assaulting a female staff member in the jail two years ago.
Sources said the case was referred to the police but the alleged victim did not wish to pursue it.
Barry said: “It’s impossible to convey the damage the sudden murder of a child does to a family. It is not something that can be prepared for, nor the life-changing impact.”
He and Jimmy’s mum Margaret, 68, set up the Mizen Foundation to spread a message of peace and hope and to build safer communities.
If Fahri is released, the family have asked that his licence conditions include not contacting them directly and abiding by an exclusion zone.
In 2021, 42 under-20s were stabbed to death in England and Wales. Barry said: “Do not expect these issues to change if we continue to bury our heads, saying nothing to do with us.”
The Daily Mirror has made a donation to the Mizen Foundation.
