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| Student killer gang is sentenced | Student killer gang is sentenced |
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| Four people have been sentenced for the killing of a Leicester student who was stabbed with a broken vodka bottle. | |
| Bradley Whitfield, 16, was also kicked, punched and hit with a metal bar. | Bradley Whitfield, 16, was also kicked, punched and hit with a metal bar. |
| Both Darren Carr, 35, and Lewis Faulds, 16, of Caldecote Road, were convicted of murder and sentenced to life and a minimum of nine years respectively. | Both Darren Carr, 35, and Lewis Faulds, 16, of Caldecote Road, were convicted of murder and sentenced to life and a minimum of nine years respectively. |
| Nicola Faulds, 32, of the same address, was jailed for eight years and Chelsea Faxon, 16, of Aikman Avenue, for five years, both for manslaughter. | Nicola Faulds, 32, of the same address, was jailed for eight years and Chelsea Faxon, 16, of Aikman Avenue, for five years, both for manslaughter. |
| The judge recommended Carr serves a minimum of 16 years. | The judge recommended Carr serves a minimum of 16 years. |
| The identities of the two younger defendants - Faulds' son, Lewis, and his girlfriend Chelsea Faxon - were disclosed after reporting restrictions were lifted. | The identities of the two younger defendants - Faulds' son, Lewis, and his girlfriend Chelsea Faxon - were disclosed after reporting restrictions were lifted. |
| Family comment | Family comment |
| Det Chief Insp Phil Smith, of Leicestershire Police, said: "I've just spoken to the family following the sentences of the four defendants. | |
| "They are just pleased that the whole of the court case and the sentencing is over. | |
| "They want to move on with their lives although they realise that they themselves have got a life sentence which they will try to overcome over the next few years." | "They want to move on with their lives although they realise that they themselves have got a life sentence which they will try to overcome over the next few years." |
| During the trial the jury heard that the victim's head was kicked "like a football" after he was attacked with the bottle in the early hours of 1 January this year. | During the trial the jury heard that the victim's head was kicked "like a football" after he was attacked with the bottle in the early hours of 1 January this year. |
| Carr handed himself into a police station hours after the killing and told police "I am scum", the court heard. | Carr handed himself into a police station hours after the killing and told police "I am scum", the court heard. |
| "I have no excuse," he said. "I was drunk." | "I have no excuse," he said. "I was drunk." |
| All four defendants denied the charges against them but jurors found them guilty after more than nine hours of deliberations. | All four defendants denied the charges against them but jurors found them guilty after more than nine hours of deliberations. |
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| Bradley Whitfield was walking home from a party | Bradley Whitfield was walking home from a party |