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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 and set upon by the gang of teenagers. But instead he was lured down a cul-de-sac in Field Head, Huddersfield, and set upon by the gang of teenagers.
After a six-week trial, the jury of six men and five women took nine hours to come to the verdicts. The judge lifted all reporting restrictions on the defendants, allowing the younger ones in the case to be named. 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.