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Not long after posting another thread, about a father who raped his own children getting a pathetic sentence, I wonder across another case, of low life scum getting a slap on the wrists. Source from BBCs website.
An illiterate teenager who was convicted of stabbing a boy to death at a house party in Manchester has been given a life sentence. Shane Boyd, 16, will serve at least 11 years for murdering Conor Black in an argument over a Xbox games console. Conor, also aged 16, collapsed and died minutes after being stabbed outside the house in Moston last August.
Boyd, who boasted that he was "the man" after the attack, was found guilty at Manchester Crown Court last month. Judge Clement Goldstone QC sentenced him to life, to serve a minimum of 11 years before he can be considered for parole. Boyd had admitted manslaughter but his plea was rejected by the court.
The court heard Boyd confronted Conor outside a house party in the early hours of 16 August over the alleged theft of an Xbox console. Boyd came out of the house and smashed his victim over the head with a can of lager, before stabbing him in the back as he turned to escape, the jury heard. Conor ran a short distance to a grassy area where he collapsed and died. The court heard Boyd then stood in the road shouting that he "was the best", he "was the man" - before threatening to kill anyone who mentioned his name to police.
Judge Goldstone said: "You had already armed yourself with a knife. "Having seen him you asked someone for a beer can with which you hit him over the head and after he was walking away from you in something of a daze, posing no threat to you, you stabbed him once in the back. "Your initial response was to gloat and to boast to anyone who would be impressed by what you had done."
Shane Boyd will serve at least 11 years of his sentence.
After the sentencing Conor's family released a statement through Greater Manchester Police saying they were devastated by his death. "All the hopes and dreams of a family were crushed when Conor's life was stolen in that terrible, violent way," it said. "His mum lost her friend, her child, her life and that makes us so very sad and helpless."
Det Ch Insp Serena Kennedy, of Greater Manchester Police, said Conor's death had shown the devastating impact knives could have. "One boy's family is grieving the loss of his life, and today the defendant, himself a boy, will start spending his life in prison," she said.
Boyd's cousin, John Boyd, 20, of the same address, was sentenced to three years in a young offenders' institution for assault and perverting the course of justice. The court heard that he threatened a 16-year-old witness he mistakenly believed had told police that Shane Boyd was a murderer.
How the hell can anyone get a life sentence and then have the chance to be on parole in 11 years? A defender of the 'justice system' may point out the chances of him getting out in 11 yeras would be slim, my retort would be why the hell is he getting the chance to be released at all!!
I find these cases incredible, the family of Conor will spend the rest of their lives in anguish over this, a life taken for nothing, and he may be out in 11 years? How the hell is that justice?
This filth / scum / piece of crap murderer, will goto jail, and just be hardened into criminal activity, if he were to come out in 11 years, or 50 years, he wont be contributing on any meaningful level. Yet we'll release this sociopath at some stage to integrate back into society? A piece of crap human who thinks its ok to smash someone over the head, then stab them in the back as they try to flee.
Way to go British Justice.
Fruityness` way to deal with these types? Lock them up forever. Period. And that's just the minimum. I'm an eye for an eye kind of person, let's take the buggers life, see how he likes the feeling of knowing he'll be dead soon like he forced another to go through. And before some bible-type-basher says "So you'd leave the whole world blind". No, just the filth who make what should be Utopia, hell for some.
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An illiterate teenager who was convicted of stabbing a boy to death at a house party in Manchester has been given a life sentence. Shane Boyd, 16, will serve at least 11 years for murdering Conor Black in an argument over a Xbox games console. Conor, also aged 16, collapsed and died minutes after being stabbed outside the house in Moston last August.
Boyd, who boasted that he was "the man" after the attack, was found guilty at Manchester Crown Court last month. Judge Clement Goldstone QC sentenced him to life, to serve a minimum of 11 years before he can be considered for parole. Boyd had admitted manslaughter but his plea was rejected by the court.
The court heard Boyd confronted Conor outside a house party in the early hours of 16 August over the alleged theft of an Xbox console. Boyd came out of the house and smashed his victim over the head with a can of lager, before stabbing him in the back as he turned to escape, the jury heard. Conor ran a short distance to a grassy area where he collapsed and died. The court heard Boyd then stood in the road shouting that he "was the best", he "was the man" - before threatening to kill anyone who mentioned his name to police.
Judge Goldstone said: "You had already armed yourself with a knife. "Having seen him you asked someone for a beer can with which you hit him over the head and after he was walking away from you in something of a daze, posing no threat to you, you stabbed him once in the back. "Your initial response was to gloat and to boast to anyone who would be impressed by what you had done."
Shane Boyd will serve at least 11 years of his sentence.
After the sentencing Conor's family released a statement through Greater Manchester Police saying they were devastated by his death. "All the hopes and dreams of a family were crushed when Conor's life was stolen in that terrible, violent way," it said. "His mum lost her friend, her child, her life and that makes us so very sad and helpless."
Det Ch Insp Serena Kennedy, of Greater Manchester Police, said Conor's death had shown the devastating impact knives could have. "One boy's family is grieving the loss of his life, and today the defendant, himself a boy, will start spending his life in prison," she said.
Boyd's cousin, John Boyd, 20, of the same address, was sentenced to three years in a young offenders' institution for assault and perverting the course of justice. The court heard that he threatened a 16-year-old witness he mistakenly believed had told police that Shane Boyd was a murderer.
How the hell can anyone get a life sentence and then have the chance to be on parole in 11 years? A defender of the 'justice system' may point out the chances of him getting out in 11 yeras would be slim, my retort would be why the hell is he getting the chance to be released at all!!
I find these cases incredible, the family of Conor will spend the rest of their lives in anguish over this, a life taken for nothing, and he may be out in 11 years? How the hell is that justice?
This filth / scum / piece of crap murderer, will goto jail, and just be hardened into criminal activity, if he were to come out in 11 years, or 50 years, he wont be contributing on any meaningful level. Yet we'll release this sociopath at some stage to integrate back into society? A piece of crap human who thinks its ok to smash someone over the head, then stab them in the back as they try to flee.
Way to go British Justice.
Fruityness` way to deal with these types? Lock them up forever. Period. And that's just the minimum. I'm an eye for an eye kind of person, let's take the buggers life, see how he likes the feeling of knowing he'll be dead soon like he forced another to go through. And before some bible-type-basher says "So you'd leave the whole world blind". No, just the filth who make what should be Utopia, hell for some.
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