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Three convicted of racist murder | Three convicted of racist murder |
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Three white teenagers have been found guilty of the racially aggravated murder of an Asian taxi driver. | Three white teenagers have been found guilty of the racially aggravated murder of an Asian taxi driver. |
Father-of-three Mohammad Parvaiz, 41, was beaten to death by the teenagers near Huddersfield in July last year. | Father-of-three Mohammad Parvaiz, 41, was beaten to death by the teenagers near Huddersfield in July last year. |
Graeme Slavin and Christopher Murphy, both 18, and Steven Utley, aged 17, were found guilty at Leeds Crown Court. | Graeme Slavin and Christopher Murphy, both 18, and Steven Utley, aged 17, were found guilty at Leeds Crown Court. |
Michael Beeby, 16, and Jason Harris, 17, were found not guilty of murder and manslaughter. Michael Hand, 19, pleaded guilty to murder at an earlier hearing. | Michael Beeby, 16, and Jason Harris, 17, were found not guilty of murder and manslaughter. Michael Hand, 19, pleaded guilty to murder at an earlier hearing. |
The court heard that at the time of the killing Mr Parvaiz thought he was responding to a normal request for a fare. | The court heard that at the time of the killing Mr Parvaiz thought he was responding to a normal request for a fare. |
But instead he was lured down a cul-de-sac in Field Head, Huddersfield, and set upon by the gang of teenagers. | |
Judge Dame Heather Steel adjourned sentencing for reports but said Murphy and Hand would receive life sentences. | |
She said Utley and Slavin would be "detained at Her Majesty's pleasure". | |
She described the case as "emotive and distressing" and thanked the jurors for their dedication. | |
She lifted the reporting restrictions after reading submissions from members of the media. | |
The judge said it was in the public interest for the names and identities of those involved in this "dreadful incident" to be revealed. | |
Sentencing will take place on a date yet to be fixed, the court was told. | |
After a six-week trial, the jury of six men and five women took nine hours to come to the verdicts. |