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- A 16-year-old has been sentenced to life in prison for stabbing Mikey Roynon to death in Bath, England.
- Two other teenagers have been sentenced to nine years and nine years and six months, respectively, for negligent homicide.
- The three claimed they were acting in self-defense, but were not believed.
- The judge criticized the increasing knife crime in the UK.
- From July 2022 to June 2023, 247 people died as a result of knife crime in England and Wales.
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A 16-year-old boy has been sentenced to life in prison, The Guardian reports.
The teenager stabbed and killed a boy of the same age, Mikey Roynon, at a party in the city of Bath in southwest England.
Two other teenage boys have been sentenced to nine years and nine years and six months respectively for manslaughter.
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Increasing knife crime
In court, the boys claimed that they acted in self-defense when Roynon lost his life.
They were not believed.
The trio were each armed with a so-called zombie knife when they got on the bus in June last year and went to the party.
Neither knew Mikey Roynon, who was at the party with friends from Kingswood, near Bristol.
There is said to have been an argument in the garden outside the party venue. Here, several young people – allegedly also Roynon – have drawn knives.
SEIZURE: A police officer in Birmingham shows off so-called zombie knives, which are illegal in England and Wales. Photo: Joe Giddens
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The judge believes that Roynon then hit one of the now convicted men. Then one of the others stabbed him in the neck.
The knife went through his neck, severing a major artery.
When paramedics arrived on the scene, Mikey Roynon was unconscious and without a pulse. He was pronounced dead a short time later.
Long out
It is not yet known how the boys obtained the weapons, which are illegal to carry in England and Wales.
During the sentencing, High Court judge Pushpinder Saini railed against the ever-increasing knife crime around Bristol.
Between July 2022 and June 2023, a total of 247 people lost their lives in England and Wales as a result of knife crime, according to the BBC.
“The lives of young boys who carry knives continue to be taken by other boys who carry knives,” said Judge Saini.
IN THE COURT: Supreme Court Judge Pushpinder Saini as he sentences the main accused to life in prison. Photo: PA Video
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– Terrible dreams
Roynon’s mother, Hayley Ryall, tells The Guardian that it is almost impossible to describe the loss of her son.
He was her only child.
– Every time I wake up, it hurts as much as the morning before. I have terrible dreams where Mikey is gone and I’m looking for him. Even the worst nightmares are better than waking up to reality. At least he’s there in my dreams. In reality, he is gone, she says.
FIGHTING: Mikey Roynon’s mother, Hayley Ryall, arrives at the High Court in Bristol with friends on May 3 this year. Photo: Simon Chapman/LNP/Shutterstock
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– A national problem
The three convicted boys have always denied having killed Roynon.
Chief Detective Mark Newbury says he and his colleagues still have no answers as to what really happened at the party in Bath.
– When the investigation was finished, and after the trial is finished, we are still not one hundred percent sure why the main defendant decided to stick a large knife in Mikey’s neck, he tells the BBC.
He says that the police have heard that the cause was anything from a robbery, to an argument triggered by a spilled drink, to “lack of respect”.
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Scary disease
The chief investigator calls the increasing knife crime a “disease that leaves a frightening and long-lasting impression on everyone it touches”.
– It is a national problem that is not limited to certain cities or places, and society must come together to deal with it, he says.
