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Jericho Paradeza

Amen Teklay Murder Trial: Two Teenagers Cleared of Murder After Self-Defence Claim

Two teenagers have been acquitted of the murder of 15-year-old Amen Teklay after a Glasgow jury accepted that one acted in self-defence during the fatal confrontation. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Tony Webster)

The two teenagers accused of fatally stabbing Amen Teklay, 15, were found not guilty by the High Court in Glasgow on Monday, 6 July, after a jury accepted that one of the defendants acted in self-defence during a fatal confrontation involving bladed weapons.

The verdict brings one of Scotland's most closely watched youth homicide trials to a close.

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