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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jamie Grierson

Five found guilty of murdering two boys in Bristol in case of mistaken identity

Mason Rist, 15, and Max Dixon, 16, (right)
Mason Rist, 15, and Max Dixon, 16, (right) were fatally attacked on 27 January this year. Photograph: family handouts/PA

Four teenagers and a 45-year-old man have been convicted of murdering two boys whom they had mistaken for the perpetrators of an earlier attack on a house in Bristol linked to a long-running postcode rivalry.

Mason Rist, 15, and Max Dixon, 16, were fatally attacked with machetes in the Knowle West area of the city on the evening of 27 January.

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