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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Damon Wilkinson & Kim Pilling & Andrew Bardsley

'No respect': Mum of schoolboy stabbed to death slams 'smirking' murderers who 'giggled' in the dock 'like it was a big game'

The mother of a 16-year-old stabbing victim Rhamero West has hit out at her son's killers for 'giggling and smirking' throughout their trial. Kelly Brown entered the witness box at Manchester Crown Court to pay tribute to Rhamero – nephew of ex-Manchester City footballer Shaun Wright-Phillips – as she gave her victim impact statement.

On Friday, Ryan Cashin, 19, Marquis Richards, 17, and Giovanni Lawrence, 20, were s entenced for the murder of Rhamero in the street in Old Trafford last September. The teenager was chased by car and on foot by the defendants before Cashin caught up and attacked him with a long-bladed knife.

Read more: Terrifying final moments of Rhamero West, 16, who was chased and stabbed to death

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