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Teens detained for Max and Mason's mistaken murders | Teens detained for Max and Mason's mistaken murders |
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Mason Rist (left) and Max Dixon (right) were killed in a case of mistaken identity | |
Four teenagers have been detained for life for the murders of best friends Max Dixon and Mason Rist - who were killed in a case of mistaken identity in January. | |
Mason, 15, and Max, 16, were stabbed to death with machetes yards from Mason's front door in Knowle West, Bristol. | |
Riley Tolliver, 18, and Kodishai Wescott, 17, were told they would be detained for a minimum of 23 years. | |
A 15-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were detained for life with minimum terms of 15 and 18 years respectively. | |
Max and Mason were killed after being wrongly identified as being responsible for bricks being thrown at a house in Hartcliffe earlier the same evening, on 27 January. | |
'The most horrific weapons' | |
The four teenagers spotted the two best friends while being driven around Knowle West by a fifth defendant, Anthony Snook, 45, looking for "revenge", the court previously heard. | The four teenagers spotted the two best friends while being driven around Knowle West by a fifth defendant, Anthony Snook, 45, looking for "revenge", the court previously heard. |
All five were convicted of two counts of murder last month following a six-week trial at Bristol Crown Court. Snook was later jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 38 years. | All five were convicted of two counts of murder last month following a six-week trial at Bristol Crown Court. Snook was later jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 38 years. |
During the trial, the jury was told there had been a long-standing rivalry between Knowle West and Hartcliffe, and there had previously been incidents involving people from "both postcodes". | During the trial, the jury was told there had been a long-standing rivalry between Knowle West and Hartcliffe, and there had previously been incidents involving people from "both postcodes". |
Max and Mason were heading out to buy a pizza when they were attacked "with some of the most horrific weapons" police had seen, the court was previously told. | |
CCTV cameras captured Snook's Audi Q2 pulling on to Ilminster Avenue, where the four teenagers then jumped out, wielding large machetes and a baseball bat. |