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| Men guilty of 'peacemaker' murder | Men guilty of 'peacemaker' murder |
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| Three men have been found guilty of killing a teenager who was acting as a peacemaker in a fight. | Three men have been found guilty of killing a teenager who was acting as a peacemaker in a fight. |
| Robert Spence, 17, of Burghfield Common, left a club in Reading with six friends on 2 May 2008 when one of the group got into a fight. | Robert Spence, 17, of Burghfield Common, left a club in Reading with six friends on 2 May 2008 when one of the group got into a fight. |
| He tried to intervene but he and friend Emmanuel Connor, 23, were stabbed when a fresh row erupted with another group. | He tried to intervene but he and friend Emmanuel Connor, 23, were stabbed when a fresh row erupted with another group. |
| Three men of Bristol were convicted of murder and attempted murder. A fourth was cleared at Reading Crown Court. | |
| Nicholas Olu, 30, Leon Wilson, 32, and David Brooks, 33, who denied murder and attempted murder and will be sentenced later. | |
| Carlton Miles, 28, was found not guilty of both charges. | |
| Halfway through the trial, on 20 March, Jamal Powell, 28, was acquitted of all charges and released by Judge Zoe Smith. | |
| Robert Spence was stabbed as he tried to help a friend | |
| The prosecution said after Robert and his friends left the Mango Bar on 2 May and one of the group became embroiled in a fight. | |
| Robert had to restrain his friend and in the fracas another friend was bottled and stumbled into the five defendants, jurors heard. | |
| Olu, Wilson and Brookswent then went to a car to arm themselves with knives before attacking Robert and Mr Connor. | |
| Robert and his friend managed to get a taxi to hospital after the stabbing. | |
| Mr Connor had one litre of blood removed from his chest cavity due to his stab wounds and survived but Robert's injuries included a fatal wound to his heart and he was later pronounced dead, jurors heard. |