BREAKING: A teenager who bragged about killing another boy has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
A teenager who bragged about killing another boy has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Leighton Amies, 15, shouted ‘I’ve wetted your boy’ at a gang after he stabbed Tomasz Oleszak, 14, in the chest with a kitchen knife.His mother, Kamila Wisniewska, said in a victim statement: ‘I must somehow now live on without our amazing, gentle, kind son, who has left this world in such a violent, horrible and unnecessary way.’Following the verdict Mr Justice Spencer lifted a ban on the media identifying the teenage killer, who was automatically granted anonymity due to his age.
His identity was reported because of the seriousness of the crime, in the hopes it would deter other teenagers from carrying knives. Explaining his reasoning behind lifting the ban on reporting the 15-year-old’s name, the judge said: ‘There is a public interest in trying to deflect young people from the carrying of knives, where when that happens, this kind of utterly tragic outcome can occur.’Floral tributes left on the scene at Aycliffe Crescent in Gateshead
He added: ‘In my judgement, the public interest in reporting fully of these proceedings, including the identity of the defendant, in fact outweighs the interests of the defendant in having the anonymity of his identity maintained.’
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