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Youths detained over taxi attack Men jailed for taxi driver murder
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Two teenagers have been given custodial sentences for throwing rocks at a taxi in an attack which led to the racially aggravated murder of the Asian driver. Four men have been jailed for the racially-aggravated murder of an Asian taxi driver in West Yorkshire.
Father-of-three Mohammad Parvaiz, 41, was beaten to death by the youths near Huddersfield in July last year. Father-of-three Mohammad Parvaiz, 41, was beaten to death by a gang near Huddersfield in July last year.
Christopher Murphy and Michael Hand, both aged 19, were given minimum jail terms of 25 and 21 years by judge Dame Heather Steel at Leeds Crown Court.
Graeme Slavin, 18, and Steven Utley, 17, were sentenced to 17 years behind bars for their part in the attack.
Michael Beeby, 16, and Jason Harris, 17, were cleared of murder last month but convicted of violent disorder.Michael Beeby, 16, and Jason Harris, 17, were cleared of murder last month but convicted of violent disorder.
Four other teenagers are due to be sentenced at Leeds Crown Court for Mr Parvaiz's murder. Mohammad Parvaiz died in hospital from his injuriesHarris, of Royles Head Lane, Longwood, Huddersfield, received an eight-month detention and training order.
Harris, of Royles Head Lane, Longwood, Huddersfield, received an eight-month detention and training order.
Beeby, of Sigott Street, Longwood, received a 10-month detention and training order.Beeby, of Sigott Street, Longwood, received a 10-month detention and training order.
Graeme Slavin and Christopher Murphy, both 18, and Steven Utley, aged 17, were found guilty of Mr Parvaiz's murder after a trial at Leeds Crown Court. Judge Steel said it was a joint attack in which they all took part, but Hand and Murphy were the ringleaders - whereas Utley and Slavin played a lesser part.
Michael Hand, 19, admitted murder at an earlier hearing. She said: "Mr Parvaiz sustained a serious head wound, from which he was bleeding profusely when he was attacked from the driver's side and dragged out to be kicked and beaten to death.
"Violence on this scale is savage beyond belief.
"It is not difficult to imagine the terror that Mr Parvaiz must have experienced as he lay dying on the road," she added.