Joel Smith

On 14 September 2003, Toni-Ann Byfield and Bertram Byfield were murdered by Joel Smith at a bedsit in Kensal Green, London. At the time of her murder, Toni-Ann was formally under the care of Birmingham social services. On 4 August 2006, Smith was convicted of murdering seven-year-old Toni-Ann and Bertram, who was thought to be her father. Toni-Ann was shot in the back by Smith after he had shot Bertram, a rival drug dealer, so that she could not identify his killer. Smith believed that he had committed a perfect crime, leaving no DNA or forensic evidence at the scene. Following the murders Smith, who was known as Cocaine or Caine, fled London to Liverpool. While serving a prison sentence there he was turned in by former friends and acquaintances. Background