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Tristan Kirk

Teenage killer of schoolboy Jermaine Cools in knife attack is named for first time

A teenager who brutally murdered a 14-year-old schoolboy in a terrifying street attack can be named for the first time as an Old Bailey judge sought to deter other young people from knife crime.

Marques Walker, 17, pulled a large knife out of his coat and used it to attack Jermaine Cools in a fight near to West Croydon station in November 2021.

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