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| Two guilty of killing teenage boy | Two guilty of killing teenage boy |
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| Two people have been found guilty of the killing of a 16-year-old boy who was stabbed at a city centre bus stop. | Two people have been found guilty of the killing of a 16-year-old boy who was stabbed at a city centre bus stop. |
| Odwayne Barnes was attacked near Matthew Boulton College, Birmingham, in March because he was in a rival gang, Birmingham Crown Court heard. | |
| Nathaniel Darby, 20 and Michel Hayles, 17, both of Birmingham, were found guilty of manslaughter. Damien Belle, 18, admitted murder at an earlier date. | Nathaniel Darby, 20 and Michel Hayles, 17, both of Birmingham, were found guilty of manslaughter. Damien Belle, 18, admitted murder at an earlier date. |
| Odwayne's mother said his 16-year-old sister was stabbed to death in 2003. | |
| Blanche McKenzie-Barnes said it meant she had lost both of her children to knife killings. | Blanche McKenzie-Barnes said it meant she had lost both of her children to knife killings. |
| I say to mothers in England, know where your child is going, know what your child is doing Blanche McKenzie-Barnes, Odwayne's mother The court heard that Odwayne was killed because he fell out with Hayles, a member of a rival street gang. | I say to mothers in England, know where your child is going, know what your child is doing Blanche McKenzie-Barnes, Odwayne's mother The court heard that Odwayne was killed because he fell out with Hayles, a member of a rival street gang. |
| During police interviews Hayles said he was a member of the Slash Crew, or Slash for Money Crew, and said he had fallen out with Odwayne, a member of the rival Bang Bang Crew. | During police interviews Hayles said he was a member of the Slash Crew, or Slash for Money Crew, and said he had fallen out with Odwayne, a member of the rival Bang Bang Crew. |
| Hayles told police he heard Odwayne had called him names and had tried to telephone him to remonstrate with him. | Hayles told police he heard Odwayne had called him names and had tried to telephone him to remonstrate with him. |
| Prosecuting, Robert Juckes QC told the court that Odwayne and a friend, Leon Black, bumped into the defendants in New Street in the city centre, and a chase began. | Prosecuting, Robert Juckes QC told the court that Odwayne and a friend, Leon Black, bumped into the defendants in New Street in the city centre, and a chase began. |
| Odwayne reached a bus stop in Jennens Road, outside the college, but his attackers pulled up in Darby's Volkswagen Polo. | Odwayne reached a bus stop in Jennens Road, outside the college, but his attackers pulled up in Darby's Volkswagen Polo. |
| 'Catastrophic injuries' | 'Catastrophic injuries' |
| They dragged him into the busy main road where he was stabbed twice, Mr Juckes said. | They dragged him into the busy main road where he was stabbed twice, Mr Juckes said. |
| The teenager suffered "catastrophic" injuries to his heart but managed to flee the scene before collapsing some distance away. | The teenager suffered "catastrophic" injuries to his heart but managed to flee the scene before collapsing some distance away. |
| As the guilty verdicts were read out the defendants sobbed while Darby's mother called out that the defendants had actually been trying to help Odwayne. | |
| After the hearing Odwayne's mother revealed that her daughter, Vencie Bowen, had been stabbed to death at school in Jamaica in 2003 when she was 16. | After the hearing Odwayne's mother revealed that her daughter, Vencie Bowen, had been stabbed to death at school in Jamaica in 2003 when she was 16. |
| Mother 'now childless' | Mother 'now childless' |
| Ms McKenzie-Barnes said she had travelled to Birmingham to see justice done, as she did not get justice for her daughter's death. | Ms McKenzie-Barnes said she had travelled to Birmingham to see justice done, as she did not get justice for her daughter's death. |
| "I say to mothers in England, know where your child is going, know what your child is doing. | "I say to mothers in England, know where your child is going, know what your child is doing. |
| "Show them love, Show them care, but sit them down and tell them when they have done wrong, no matter how old they are." | "Show them love, Show them care, but sit them down and tell them when they have done wrong, no matter how old they are." |
| Sentencing on Darby, of Wyrley Way, Erdington; Hayles, of Amberley Grove, Aston; and Belle, of Heathway, Shard End; has been put back to 26 October. All three have been remanded in custody. | Sentencing on Darby, of Wyrley Way, Erdington; Hayles, of Amberley Grove, Aston; and Belle, of Heathway, Shard End; has been put back to 26 October. All three have been remanded in custody. |
| A fourth person, Lucien Darby, 18, was cleared of attempting to pervert the course of justice. | A fourth person, Lucien Darby, 18, was cleared of attempting to pervert the course of justice. |