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| Race killing teenagers sentenced | Race killing teenagers sentenced |
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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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. Mr Fernandes died from heart failure after being attacked | |
| Both are from the Fawley area. | Both are from the Fawley area. |
| Mr Fernandes and Mr Pitchilnaviram had soft drinks at the Falcon Hotel on the evening of 20 October 2007. | |
| They were returning to the cargo ship The Garonne, berthed at Fawley oil refinery, when they were attacked by a group of about 20 teenagers, first outside the hotel and then further down the road. | |
| A passer-by broke up the fight and took Mr Fernandes to the docks, where he collapsed and died. | |
| Mr Pitchilnaviram suffered a broken shoulder. | |
| Speaking after the case, Det Insp Dave Dilly of Hampshire Police, said: "Mr Fernandes suffered heart failure brought on by the stress of the attack." | |
| Earlier, Floriano Fernandes, the sailor's father, told the BBC: "Even I've been in England but it wasn't like this before. | |
| "I felt very safe, but now it seems to be very unsafe place, especially for Indians. | |
| "How somebody can kill in such a manner?" | |
| Mr Puthiyaniram, whose wages support his parents and four sisters in Kerala, India, told the BBC the incident left him "disturbed". |