A teen killer who stabbed a stranger in the street and left him to die has been sentenced to life in prison. Klayton Skelly knifed Dylan Keelan twice in the chest after they got into an altercation outside the Premier Dreams convenience store, in Dukinfield, on the night of February 4.
The defendant, then aged 17, took off running from the scene and left Dylan, 20, bleeding on the ground, Manchester Evening News reports. Skelly’s two friends, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, had taken part in the three-on-one before the knife was pulled.
The pair then briefly stayed and tried to help the victim when they realised Skelly had stabbed him, Minshull Street Crown Court heard. Following the incident, one of them called the defendant and said: “Please tell me you didn’t stab him,” with Skelly replying: “I did, for f*** sake, it was minor, once in the arm."
