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Kinsella killers jailed for life Kinsella killers jailed for life
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Three men have been given life sentences for murdering 16-year-old Ben Kinsella in north London.Three men have been given life sentences for murdering 16-year-old Ben Kinsella in north London.
Ben, the brother of EastEnders actress Brooke Kinsella, was stabbed 11 times after a row in a bar in Islington. Ben, the brother of EastEnders actress Brooke Kinsella, was stabbed 11 times as he fled from a fight in Islington.
Michael Alleyne, 18, Juress Kika, 19, and Jade Braithwaite, 20, all from London, were all ordered to serve a minimum of 19 years in prison.Michael Alleyne, 18, Juress Kika, 19, and Jade Braithwaite, 20, all from London, were all ordered to serve a minimum of 19 years in prison.
After the sentencing, Brooke Kinsella said: "It's little more than Ben lived, so it is not really enough."After the sentencing, Brooke Kinsella said: "It's little more than Ben lived, so it is not really enough."
The trial heard Ben was running away from the fight when he was attacked on 29 June last year. The trial heard Ben was running away from the fight in a bar when he was attacked on 29 June last year.
'Unjustified attack''Unjustified attack'
The Old Bailey heard he was stabbed in revenge for a claim that Braithwaite had earlier been "disrespected".The Old Bailey heard he was stabbed in revenge for a claim that Braithwaite had earlier been "disrespected".
Sentencing, the Common Serjeant of London, Judge Brian Barker, told the defendants they took part in a "brutal, cowardly and totally unjustified attack".Sentencing, the Common Serjeant of London, Judge Brian Barker, told the defendants they took part in a "brutal, cowardly and totally unjustified attack".
Their action that night "defies belief", he added. "Your behaviour generates outrage in all right-minded people and your blind and heartless anger defies belief," he said.
"His family will never get over it but he will never be forgotten," the judge said. The judge said the crime was aggravated by the fact that they picked on "an obviously younger and smaller lone victim", the judge added.
The trial had heard that although the confrontation in the bar had nothing to do with him, Ben was chased along the street with other youngsters - and was attacked and stabbed to death when he stopped running. class="" href="/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8093508.stm">A murder that gripped the nation class="" href="/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8092404.stm">A life taken in the name of 'respect' class="" href="/2/hi/uk_news/7777635.stm">Full list of teen killings
"His family will never get over it but he will never be forgotten."
The trial had heard that although the confrontation in the bar had nothing to do with him, Ben was chased along the street with other youngsters - and was stabbed to death when he stopped running.
The defendants had admitted punching him but each denied being responsible for stabbing Ben, who had been celebrating the end of his GCSE exams at the time.The defendants had admitted punching him but each denied being responsible for stabbing Ben, who had been celebrating the end of his GCSE exams at the time.
Ben's family said walking away from trouble had "cost him his life". Ben's murder came in a year when 28 teenagers died in violent circumstances.
About 400 people joined Ben's family family to march against knife crime following his death.
After the verdicts on Thursday, Ben's father George, 49, said: "How many more families will have to stand outside the Old Bailey to get justice for their child?
Drug dealing
"Our son's only crime was to be the last one, running away, from those animals.
"Knife crime is now sadly embedded in the very heart of Great Britain. Parents live in fear until their children are safely home."
After the verdicts, it emerged Kika had been on the run from police following a robbery in which a man was stabbed nine days before Ben's death.
He had convictions for cannabis possession, robbery, affray and for restricting or obstructing a constable while Braithwaite had been given a community order for an attempted robbery.
Alleyne was being supervised by the local youth offending team as part of an 18-month detention and training order for drug dealing.
He was a convicted cocaine and heroin dealer and also had convictions for robbery and possession of cannabis.
He had been released three months earlier after serving half the sentence in a detention centre.