Ten teenagers have been sentenced to life terms for the murder of an 18-year-old as he made his way home from a funfair.
Jack Woodley was fatally stabbed after being "surrounded and isolated" by a group of young people who chased him down an alleyway in Houghton le Spring, Sunderland, last year. During the attack on October 16, he was punched, kicked, stamped on, and stabbed with a 25cm "Rambo style" knife, the jury heard.
Prosecutors noted that the group had gone out "looking for serious trouble that day" and tried to "create conflict" with Mr Woodley at the festival, adding that they "looked for any excuse to attack someone". On Friday (August 5) the 15-year-old who inflicted the fatal stab wound to Mr Woodley in the back was detained for a minimum of 17 years.
