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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Pennink

Teenager locked up for life over stabbing death of 14-year-old in Croydon - OLD

PA Wire

A mother has issued an emotional plea to tackle knife crime as her 14-year-old son’s killer was locked up for life, saying: “It can be anyone’s child.”

Jermaine Cools was fatally stabbed with a machete in Croydon, south London, on November 18 2021. Footage released by police shows his 16-year-old killer Marques Walker carrying out the attack and fleeing the scene.

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