A 17-year-old boy has been jailed for life with a minimum of 19 years behind bars, after he admitted to stabbing a "happy and smiling" boy to death in the street.
Marques Walker knifed defenceless Jermaine Cools to death with a sword after a fight broke out near West Croydon railway station, in south London, on November 18, 2021.
Judge Sarah Munro KC said: "Jermaine Cools was only 14 when you killed him. He was the youngest victim of London knife crime in 2021 ... nothing seems to deter the likes of you from going into the streets, armed with weapons.
