A teenager who killed a devoted dad outside his own Tyneside home by stabbing him in the heart has been jailed for more than 12 years.
Mohammed Rabani was found guilty of the manslaughter of Nathaniel Wardle but was cleared by a jury of murder. His co-accused, Robbie Battista, was found not guilty of both murder and manslaughter but admitted being in possession of a knife at the scene, which Rabani also admitted.
Newcastle Crown Court previously heard that Rabani, Battista and a youth had turned up looking for someone else for a "straightener" when Mr Wardle, known as Natty, returned home to Holy Cross, Wallsend. Within seconds of his arrival, Rabani stabbed Mr Wardle fatally in he chest and he died at the scene in his front garden.
