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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.
The judge said he would only be released when it was clear that he was no longer a risk to the public. 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
On release, the judge said he would then be deported to Somalia. 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.