Jahzeen Carpenter, 40, has been convicted of assisting her son Kami Carpenter in his attempt to flee to Jamaica following the murder of Cody Fisher at Crane nightclub in Digbeth on Boxing Day 2022.
On December 27, the day after the stabbing, Jahzeen Carpenter drove her white Mercedes convertible to London, where her son was found with two suitcases of clothes. Police arrested both outside flats in Lewisham at around 8.30am on December 28, seizing £5,000 in cash from the car.
Examination of her phone revealed a search for a flight from Gatwick to Kingston, Jamaica. Her son had booked a seat on a flight due to leave at 1.20pm on the day of their arrest. Carpenter denied the charge but was found guilty of assisting an offender after a trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court. She is due to be sentenced on 15 October.
Detective Inspector Phil Poole of West Midlands Police said: 'Cody’s murder left his family and friends devastated... But while his loved ones were grieving, Carpenter’s mother was trying to help her son avoid capture and flee to Jamaica, which would have severely hampered our investigation.'
Kami Carpenter, 24, was jailed for life last year with a minimum term of 25 years for Cody's murder. Another man, Remy Gordon, received at least 26 years. Cody, 23, from Redditch, was stabbed once in the chest after an earlier altercation.
