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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matthew Cooper

Hooded killer who chased and knifed black teenager handed six-year sentence

A 15-year-old youth has been sentenced to six years and six months in custody for fatally stabbing a black teenager who was chased and subjected to “disgusting” racist abuse.

The killer, who cannot be named because of his age, was ordered to be detained on Friday by a judge at Birmingham Crown Court, who said an earlier confrontation “did not remotely justify” the attack on 14-year-old Dea-John Reid.

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