global news | January 01, 2026

What did Shiloh Pottinger do? Spotify star convicted of stabbing 19-year-old to death

On Friday, Shiloh Pottinger was indicted for the October 2022 homicide of 19-year-old Luke O’Connor. The assault which prompted Pottinger wounding O’Connor began from a relaxed remark on O’Connor’s skating abilities while they were strolling back home from a local party.

During the condemning hearing, Judge Nicholas Senior member KC got straight to the point with the litigant, Pottinger. The appointed authority expressed that Pottinger ought not be under any deceptions about the seriousness of his conviction, depicting it as a “serious offense.” He proceeded to say that it was inescapable that Pottinger would confront a long sentence of confinement or detainment.

Who is Shiloh Pottinger? Shiloh Pottinger, 20, cut Luke O’Connor with a 13in ‘Mafia Stiletto’ edge. He is the child of a rapper and is a performer himself who goes by the name OSU. As per The Everyday Mail, a column broke out among Pottinger and O’Conner – the two companions – while they were strolling back with two different companions in the understudy area of Manchester.

Charles Robertson, one of the understudies, strolled past Pottinger, who was holding a skateboard, and inquired as to whether he could ‘do a kick-flick’. He responded in a fierce and eccentric way, going after Mr. O’Connor, the casualty for the situation.

Breaking – Shiloh Pottinger acquitted of murder, but found guilty of manslaughter. He stabbed Luke O’Connor eight times in Fallowfield. Pottinger will be sentenced next month.

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CCTV film played to the jury showed Pottinger striking Mr. O’Connor on the head with his skateboard before the skateboard flew out of his hand during a subsequent strike. Pottinger then, at that point, undermined Mr. O’Connor with a flick-blade, and the two took part in an actual fight, with both pushing one another. In any case, the circumstance immediately heightened, and Mr. O’Connor was more than once cut in the body by Pottinger during the fight, causing serious injury.

The upsetting film introduced in court clarified that the squabble was both vicious and extreme, with the casualty at last enduring extraordinary wounds.

The arraignment for the situation against Pottinger asserted that he ran away from the location of the assault on Mr. O’Connor, discarding his skateboard and coat and washing his garments with an end goal to stay away from identification. Nonetheless, regardless of his endeavors, Pottinger was secured by specialists two days after the fact. The police had the option to recuperate the weapon utilized in the assault, a horrendous blade that Pottinger had supposedly bought from the web.