An 18-year-old who acted as an "inside woman" in a teenager's murder has been jailed for 14 years.
Sanna Ibrahim was sentenced at the Old Bailey for the murder of Jeremie Malenge in Homerton High Street, east London.
The court heard she passed information to Jeremie's killers as they pursued him in the street before stabbing him on 6 January.
Three other teenagers were also convicted of the murder.
Tariq Williams-Dawodo, 17, was jailed for 18 years and six months, Tre Morgan, 18, was given a 16-year sentence and a 14-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was jailed for 12 years.
All four had denied murder.
During the trial, the court heard Ibrahim had travelled with Jeremie and his friend from Swindon to London on the night of the attack.
While Ibrahim was with Jeremie, she secretly texted and called one of her co-accused 36 times. She also met the attackers face-to-face to pass on information before rejoining Jeremie, the court heard.
Jeremie was stabbed multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Ibrahim claimed in court she had been held hostage by him and his friend, who she said wanted to steal some drugs she was looking after.
While she was giving evidence during the trial, the hearing was temporarily halted after jurors reported seeing someone in the public gallery making a cut-throat gesture in their direction.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating the Met Police's prior contact with the victim on the night of the attack.
The referral was made because it was understood that, in the hour before he was killed, Jeremie was spoken to by police responding to reports of youths being armed with knives in the area.
Williams-Dawodo was also found guilty of a further count of wounding with intent relating to an earlier incident in March 2014.
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