Breaking News: Premier League prodigy jailed for vicious knife attack on teenager

As a result of the termination of his contract, the 25-year-old player has subsequently slipped into a life of crime. He was formerly on Swansea’s roster, having joined the Welsh club during their time in the Premier League.

Ronnie Evans, who was 19 years old at the time, was left crippled and with “life-changing injuries” after Darame attacked him during a “vicious” robbery with the intention of stealing. As a result of his admission of committing robbery and possessing a weapon, he will be sentenced to four years and four months in prison. He stole the neck chain and bracelet that belonged to the teenager.

The event took place in the early hours of May 12 of the previous year, next to the food establishment known as Ken’s Fried Chicken. It was reported in Portsmouth Crown Court that Evans was with a companion when he saw Darame, who was carrying a huge hunting knife in the style of Rambo.

The court was informed that the two individuals started running just as they became aware that the former football player was following them. “I’m going to catch you, and when I catch you, I’m going to kill you,” Darame shouted after them. “I’m going to kill you now.” After two of Ronnie’s main nerves were cut, he experienced a staggering amount of blood loss.

He has been left with paralysis from the knee down, which means that he is unable to walk without a splint on his foot, according to Ronnie, who said this in a victim statement. Because of this, he is unable to continue working as an apprentice electrician and loses the ability to play tennis at the same high level that he used to.

Paul Fairley, the prosecutor, stated: “Luckily as far as everyone in the case was concerned, the knife missed by a few millimetres the major blood vessels in his leg.”

Darame was handed a youth contract with Swansea when he was just 15 years old, according to the testimony presented in court. A two-year professional contract was offered to him when he reached 18 years old, but the Swans released him in 2018. He had previously likened himself to Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Daniel Reilly, his attorney, confessed that he felt like a failure after his contract was cancelled and that he began talking to drug dealers as he “struggled to cope” with the situation.

A guy who was “in the prime of his youth” had his life altered as a result of Darame’s acts, says Judge Daniel Neill. The following is what he had to say: “You had hoped to become a professional footballer, but it did not work out.” There are a lot of lofty goals and fantasies that never come true. Due to the fact that you had a spouse and a newborn kid by the time your professional football contract sponsorship came to an end, you felt as though you were failing.

Following the discovery of heroin and cocaine worth a total of one thousand pounds by the police in August of the previous year, Darame was given a sentence of twenty-eight months in jail. According to the testimony presented in court at the time, he had turned to drug trafficking as a means of making money since he had refused to accept unemployment benefits.