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| Eight years for Damilola killers | Eight years for Damilola killers |
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| Two teenage brothers have each been sentenced to eight years' youth custody for killing schoolboy Damilola Taylor. | Two teenage brothers have each been sentenced to eight years' youth custody for killing schoolboy Damilola Taylor. |
| Danny and Rickie Preddie, aged 18 and 19, of Peckham, south London, were convicted of manslaughter in August. | Danny and Rickie Preddie, aged 18 and 19, of Peckham, south London, were convicted of manslaughter in August. |
| Damilola, 10, bled to death after being cut with a broken bottle in Peckham in 2000. The inquiry into his death has led to three trials and cost £16m. | Damilola, 10, bled to death after being cut with a broken bottle in Peckham in 2000. The inquiry into his death has led to three trials and cost £16m. |
| Sentencing the pair at the Old Bailey, Mr Justice Goldring said neither had shown and regret or remorse. | |
| Both made a defiant gesture with their handcuffed hands as they were led off to the cells. | |
| Preddie brothers profile Damilola blood spots 'missed' Six-year trail to conviction | Preddie brothers profile Damilola blood spots 'missed' Six-year trail to conviction |
| Nigerian-born Damilola had only been in the country a few months when was found bleeding from a leg wound in a stairwell on a housing estate in Peckham in November 2000. | |
| It is thought he was attacked as he made his way home from an after-school club and was jabbed with a broken beer bottle in his thigh. | It is thought he was attacked as he made his way home from an after-school club and was jabbed with a broken beer bottle in his thigh. |
| The long investigation included a much-criticised trial of four other youths in 2002 - all of whom were cleared. | The long investigation included a much-criticised trial of four other youths in 2002 - all of whom were cleared. |
| Earlier this year the Preddie brothers and a third defendant, Hassan Jihad, 20, went on trial for murder after new forensic evidence, apparently missed during the first investigation, was found. | Earlier this year the Preddie brothers and a third defendant, Hassan Jihad, 20, went on trial for murder after new forensic evidence, apparently missed during the first investigation, was found. |
| Mr Jihad was cleared of all charges, the Preddies were cleared of murder and assault but the jury failed to reach verdicts on the manslaughter charge. | Mr Jihad was cleared of all charges, the Preddies were cleared of murder and assault but the jury failed to reach verdicts on the manslaughter charge. |
| There is nothing any of us can do to remedy the loss of Damilola Taylor or ease Mr and Mrs Taylor's pain Nigel Sweeney QC, defending Map of final journey | |
| The brothers, 12 and 13 at the time, were arrested a few days after Damilola was killed but were released without charge. | The brothers, 12 and 13 at the time, were arrested a few days after Damilola was killed but were released without charge. |
| One was being monitored by the probation service and the other was on bail and detained at a children's home. | One was being monitored by the probation service and the other was on bail and detained at a children's home. |
| They were re-arrested last year when the blood and fibres from Damilola were found on their clothing. | They were re-arrested last year when the blood and fibres from Damilola were found on their clothing. |
| The jury heard they had convictions for robbery, some at knifepoint, and witnesses claimed the brothers had confessed to the killing. | |
| A friend of Damilola told police he thought Danny Preddie may have come off worse in a fight with Damilola, who had broken his gold chain. | |
| Nigel Sweeney QC, defending Rickie, said: "There is nothing any of us can do to remedy the loss of Damilola Taylor or ease Mr and Mrs Taylor's pain. They have suffered with conspicuous dignity." | |
| DAMILOLA TAYLOR'S FINAL JOURNEY 1: On 27 November 2000, Damilola Taylor finishes his day as normal at Oliver Goldsmith Primary School in Peckham, south London.2: He heads to Peckham Library to attend a computer class. At about 1630 CCTV cameras capture him running and skipping as he leaves for home on the North Peckham Estate (since demolished and re-developed).3: In Blakes Road minutes later he is cut with a broken bottle. He staggers 20 yards further, leaving a trail of blood, to a block of flats.4: At around 1645 a local man finds Damilola collapses in a stairwell. He is taken to hospital where he dies from blood lost through a severed artery in his leg. Back to top |