The Ghetto Boys is a street gang based in New Cross, Lewisham and Deptford, South London.
[11] In the mid-2010s, an offshoot group from the Ghetto Boys, known as 814, began to gain prominence in the UK drill scene.
[14][15][16] The gang eventually spread out into neighbouring boroughs, and relied on recruitment of members through local schools.
Members of the Ghetto Boys would also travel to Peckham to commit robberies in order to avoid robbing their own community.
[22][23] Linton Ambursley from Lewisham, a Ghetto Boys member, was jailed for 12 years after admitting wounding with intent.
Two days later, 40 members of the Peckham Boys rode into New Cross on bikes, armed with knives and a gas-gun.
[25][9] About 30 Peckham Boy members appeared down the street riding Mountain Bikes and began to shoot at Jason and his two acquaintances.
[28][9] Following the death of Jason, a group of teens appeared outside the Community Action Centre in Deptford.
Police later arrested a man and 17-year old girl, and seized a handgun, a Mac 10 submachine gun, and drugs.
[31] In the same year, the police arrested numerous key players and leaders of the Ghetto Boys, along with other gangs in London.
[26][8] A witness to a murder in 2007 had reported that Peckham and the Wooly Road Youngers had allied with New Cross and Deptford, areas the Ghetto Boys controlled, which signaled an end to the conflict.
[17] In 2006, it was reported that the gang had begun to weaken due to the prevalence of drug addiction, and the imprisonment or death of leaders.
[8] A leader of the Ghetto Boys, Andrew Wanogho was killed in 2006 when he was shot in Brockley, south-east London.
[8] Black Mafia (BM) was one of the gangs that superseded the now weakened and fragmented Ghetto Boys, emerging in the mid-2000s in Lewisham.
[38] In 2021, Joshua Erorh, also known as Lil MDot and a member of 814, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for stabbing someone in the chest.