The family thanked police, the prosecution team and "all those who worked tirelessly to seek the truth".Mr Anjorin added that the family would "honour Daniel's memory not in the shadow of this tragedy, but through the love and happiness that he brought to us and all those who knew him".Earlier, in a victim impact statement read to the court, Dr Anjorin condemned Monzo's "wicked" actions and said that he could not begin to describe the "pain and anguish" the family felt at losing Daniel.Mr Anjorin said: "We will not see him get married or have children. All the normal things parents hope for their children. All these hopes and aspirations have been cruelly snatched away from us through the wicked actions of Marcus Monzo."It has been the worst nightmare experience of our lives. To have to go through the pain of losing a child in such a cruel and savage way. No family should have to go through this."Prosecutors said Monzo tried "to kill as many people as he could" while under the influence of cannabis after he skinned and deboned his pet cat Wizard.Monzo, a Spanish-Brazilian national from Newham in east , admitted two charges of possessing an offensive weapon relating to two swords, which he said he bought for display purposes. , LONDON (AP) — A man armed with a samurai sword who murdered a London boy on his way to school during a rampage that seriously injured five other people was sentenced Friday to life in prison , A man who murdered a 14-year-old boy with a samurai sword as he walked to school in east London has been sentenced to life in prison. Marcus Arduini Monzo, 37, nearly decapitated Daniel Anjorin .