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| Two teenagers who beat a man to death in a "revolting" attack, while a 15-year-old girl filmed it on her mobile phone, have been sentenced. | Two teenagers who beat a man to death in a "revolting" attack, while a 15-year-old girl filmed it on her mobile phone, have been sentenced. |
| Mark Masters, 19, of Parkwood Rise, Keighley, was sentenced to seven years in a young offenders' institution for killing Gavin Waterhouse. | Mark Masters, 19, of Parkwood Rise, Keighley, was sentenced to seven years in a young offenders' institution for killing Gavin Waterhouse. |
| Sean Thompson, 17, of Bradford, was ordered to serve six years for the 29-year-old's manslaughter. | Sean Thompson, 17, of Bradford, was ordered to serve six years for the 29-year-old's manslaughter. |
| The girl who recorded the attack will be sentenced on 18 March. | |
| Each of you typifies the young, drunken, violent yob who hunt in packs of whom the public are sick and tired Judge James Stewart Thompson's address was given as Parkside Terrace, Cullingworth. | |
| Leeds Crown Court heard Mr Waterhouse, who had a drink problem and was in bad health, had been drinking alone behind Morrisons supermarket, in Keighley, when the pair launched their attack on 23 September. | |
| Masters asked the girl to film it and then repeatedly punched Mr Waterhouse in the face. | |
| Thompson then pulled the victim to the ground where the pair took turns to kick him in the body. | |
| The trio ran off and bragged to friends about that they had done, while Mr Waterhouse died three days later, alone in his flat, from a ruptured spleen. | |
| Judge James Stewart described the attack as "revolting, gratuitous and degrading." | |
| Sentencing the pair he added: "Each of you typifies the young, drunken, violent yob who hunt in packs of whom the public are sick and tired." |