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Three teenagers have each been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in custody for killing an Indian sailor in a racially motivated attack. | |
Gregory Fernandes, 32, of Goa, had been out in Fawley, Southampton, in October 2007 when he was attacked by youths. | |
Stephen Pritchard, of Dibden, Daniel Rogers, of Fawley, both 18, and Chay Fields, 16, of Blackfield, had admitted manslaughter at Winchester Crown Court. | Stephen Pritchard, of Dibden, Daniel Rogers, of Fawley, both 18, and Chay Fields, 16, of Blackfield, had admitted manslaughter at Winchester Crown Court. |
They also pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm on another sailor. | They also pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm on another sailor. |
Pritchard, of Cathay Gardens, Rogers, of Falcon Fields, and Fields, of Priest Croft Drive, will serve their sentences at a young offenders' institution. | |
One 15-year-old boy, who cannot be identified, who admitted causing grievous bodily harm to Mr Fernandes' shipmate Vinod Pitchilnaviram, 29, was given 12 months detention and a training order. | |
Another 15-year-old, who also cannot be identified and who admitted assaulting Mr Pitchilnaviram was given 18 months and a supervision order. | |
Both are from the Fawley area. |