Life for Ben Kinsella killers
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Life for Ben Kinsella killers
Three youths have been sentenced to life with minimum terms of 19 years for the murder of Ben Kinsella. Juress Kika, 19, Jade Braithwaite, 18, and Michael Alleyne, 20, from London, were jailed amid angry scenes at the Old Bailey. The Common Serjeant of London, Judge Brian Barker, told the killers they took part in a "brutal, cowardly and totally unjustified attack". "His family will never get over it but he will never be forgotten," the judge said. "The background is depressing and all too familiar in these courts. It reflects the futility of carrying and using knives by some young people. "Your behaviour generates outrage in all right-minded people and your blind and heartless anger defies belief." There was loud cheering and shouts of "bye bye" from the public gallery, where dozens of Ben's friends and family gathered as the killers were taken down. Kika and Alleyne both turned and jeered, making gestures towards them. Members of the defendants' families exchanged angry words with Ben's friends and relatives before they were led out. After the sentencing, Ben's actress sister Brooke Kinsella said: "It's good enough but it is little more than Ben lived, so it is not really enough." Ben,16, and his friends had been to a bar to celebrate the end of their GCSE exams when a row broke out in Islington, north London, on June 29 last year. Although the confrontation had nothing to do with him, he was chased along the street with other youngsters - and stabbed to death when he stopped running. Ben was stabbed 11 times in five seconds by the three youths in revenge for the "disrespect" shown to Braithwaite earlier.
ITN | June 12, 2009
