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Rachel wept for \'killer brother

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Rachel wept for 'killer brother

THE brother of X Factor star Rachel Hylton is awaiting trial for a knife murder, The Sun can reveal.

Rachel, who broke down in tears on TV last week, is in turmoil after brother Khyrie, 17, was accused of stabbing an alleged love rival while wearing a Scream mask.

He allegedly knifed student Yusufu Miiro 16 times in the head and chest outside a flat where the victim’s girlfriend lived.

Hylton — said to be her former boyfriend — is alleged to have been furious at their relationship.

Rachel, 26, has been interviewed by police attempting to establish where her brother was when 20-year-old Yusufu was killed on July 10 this year.

On ITV’s X Factor last Saturday, the wannabe singer wept in front of presenter Dermot O’Leary. She was told by judge Cheryl Cole she seemed “really emotional”.

A family friend told The Sun: “The truth is that throughout the whole of the X Factor series Rachel has been trying to deal with her brother’s situation.

“She is very close to him and is incredibly upset that he has been charged with this awful crime.

“Frankly, it’s amazing that she has managed to cope with it all and not break down.”

Yusufu was murdered in Walthamstow, East London, as he went out for takeaway food.

He was studying criminology at Middlesex University and dreamed of becoming a detective.

Hylton went to police the following month. He was charged and remanded in custody.

Rachel, a mother-of-five, has had a troubled life. She ran away from home aged 12 and put herself into care.

By 13 she was a drug addict and a single mother.

Rachel went on to have four more children by different fathers.

Her three oldest children were taken into care because of her drug abuse.

When she was 18, Rachel was given 60 hours community service and 18 months probation for attacking a woman in the street.

Just four months later, she burgled a house and was locked up for 18 months.

On her release in 2002, Rachel went into rehab and kicked drugs.

She is now a devout Christian and lives in Stanmore, North West London, with her two youngest children.

The family friend said: “Rachel has got her life on track and is a very different person to what she used to be.

“That is why she is so upset about Khyrie being charged with murder.

Yusufu had come to Britain from Uganda in 2002 and lived in Leyton, East London, with his stepfather and two stepbrothers and sisters.

Stepdad Yusef Nsubuga paid an emotional tribute after the murder, saying: “My son was a good person. He was always a polite and obedient person. He never caused trouble with anyone.”

Relative Fatima Kabasinguzi said: “He never got into a fight. He was never involved in any gangs.

“If he ever saw trouble he would just run away from it. He was also a good student.”

The case has now been committed to the Old Bailey and the next hearing is due to take place on November 27.

Source: The Sun

Putting a time line on this:

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July 10, 2008 - Man murdered in Walthamstow. The murdered man was stabbed in the head and chest in the stairwell of a block of flats in Walthamstow, northeast London. He had left his girlfriend’s flat to collect takeaway food when he was attacked by a man wearing a white “Scream” mask. He staggered back to the flat and collapsed inside and died.

July 12 2008 - Police name murdered man as as 20-year-old Yusufu Miiro, of Stratford. and appeal for whitnesses who might have seen a masked man who was seen fleeing the murder scene towards Wyatts Lane, near Wood Street. He is described as being in his late teens or early 20s and of slim build. He was wearing a hooded top and a white mask covering all of his face.

August 5, 2008 - Following enquiries by officers the 17-year-old youth handed himself in at a police station and was later charged with the murder of 20-year-old Mr Miiro,

August 6, 2008 - The 17-year-old youth appears in court charged with the murder of a 20-year-old man, Yusufu Miiro, in east London, and he been remanded in custody.

Early August (sometime around the 8th when a boot camp video appeared on YouTube) - X-Factor Boot Camp.

October 11, 2008 - The X-Factor live shows start.

Question is when did Rachel start messing up in the show, was it at boot camp or did start during with the live shows?

Poor girl has a new story in the papers each week...

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Originally posted by Markus
Poor girl has a new story in the papers each week...

Not really new, accept it's only just came to light who the 17 year old that was arrested is. The Murder happened before boot camp and she been dealing with it since. The other half of the story is her sob story that got her past the researchers and before the judges.

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Originally posted by Red Moon

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Originally posted by Markus
Poor girl has a new story in the papers each week...

Well you know what I mean. :tongue: I'm sure a few weeks ago it was "Rachel threatens elderly woman" or something.