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A 17-year-old teenager has been given a life sentence for murdering 15-year-old schoolboy footballer Kiyan Prince. | A 17-year-old teenager has been given a life sentence for murdering 15-year-old schoolboy footballer Kiyan Prince. |
Hannad Hasan stabbed Kiyan in the heart when he intervened in a playfight outside the London Academy School in Edgware, north London, in May 2006. | Hannad Hasan stabbed Kiyan in the heart when he intervened in a playfight outside the London Academy School in Edgware, north London, in May 2006. |
Hasan, from Colindale, north London, admitted manslaughter but denied murder, claiming it was an accident. | Hasan, from Colindale, north London, admitted manslaughter but denied murder, claiming it was an accident. |
He was told at the Old Bailey he would have to serve at least 13 years after being convicted of murder on 2 July. | He was told at the Old Bailey he would have to serve at least 13 years after being convicted of murder on 2 July. |
This is yet another case of a wholly unprovoked stabbing in a public place, by a person who produced a knife and plunged it into the heart of their unarmed victim Judge Paul Worsley | |
Hasan, who went to the same school as Kiyan but was in the year above, trapped the teenager in a headlock and produced a penknife which he used to stab the victim in his heart. | |
The court had heard that less than two weeks before the stabbing Hasan had threatened to stab a girl during a trivial dispute over a bus seat. | |
Just six days before stabbing Kiyan Hasan had been excluded from his school for assaulting pupils and urinating in front of a teacher. | |
At the Old Bailey on Thursday, Judge Paul Worsley said Hasan, who lived with his mother, would only be released when it was clear that he was no longer a risk to the public. | |
Kiyan was a striker for QPR's youth team | |
On release, the judge said Hasan, who was said to be obsessed with Somalian gang culture, including the gang that killed Pc Sharon Beshenivsky, would then be deported to his native Somalia. | |
"This is yet another case of a wholly unprovoked stabbing in a public place, by a person who produced a knife and plunged it into the heart of their unarmed victim." | |
He added: "Taking the life of another is always a terrible thing, taking the life of a talented, popular 15-year-old schoolboy who was known to you and who had done you no wrong and had everything to live for defies description. | |
"You have deprived his family and schoolfriends of a role model." | |
The judge described victim statements from Kiyan's parents, which were read out in court, as a moving tribute to "the bright star in their lives". | |
Hasan was convicted after three trials. | Hasan was convicted after three trials. |
Jurors could not reach a verdict in the first trial and the second collapsed when the victim's father, Mark Prince, approached a woman juror on her way home. | Jurors could not reach a verdict in the first trial and the second collapsed when the victim's father, Mark Prince, approached a woman juror on her way home. |