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| Teenagers jailed for stab murder | Teenagers jailed for stab murder |
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| Three teenagers have been convicted of stabbing a young father to death, after he confronted them about their rowdy behaviour outside his Sunderland home. | |
| Kevin Johnson, 22, of Partick Road, Pennywell, was murdered by the youths in the early hours of 19 May. | Kevin Johnson, 22, of Partick Road, Pennywell, was murdered by the youths in the early hours of 19 May. |
| Dean Curtis, 19, and two youths aged 16 and 17, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were found guilty at Newcastle Crown Court on Wednesday. | Dean Curtis, 19, and two youths aged 16 and 17, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were found guilty at Newcastle Crown Court on Wednesday. |
| Judge David Hodson warned all three life sentences were inevitable. | Judge David Hodson warned all three life sentences were inevitable. |
| As the 17-year-old was led away, he shouted "Easy" to the public gallery. | |
| The court heard that after attacking the father-of-two the gang ran off in a "heightened state", and began vandalising two cars, shouting triumphantly about the stabbing. | |
| Curtis bragged to friends about the stabbing | |
| Shortly after, they targeted Jamie Thompson, who was walking from a friend's house to meet his girlfriend. He was stabbed in the chest, but survived the attack. | |
| Later, Curtis, of Forest Road, Ford Estate, Sunderland, bragged to a friend that he said to one of the victims "Do you want to meet Mr Stanley?" - a reference to the red-handled knife he was carrying. | |
| Mr Johnson and his fiancée Adele Brett, had been out to a local pub that evening and were getting ready for bed when they heard shouting outside. | |
| When he went to investigate, one of the youths threw a rock or a brick, which missed, but Mr Johnson had already been fatally stabbed in the chest. | |
| Mr Johnson and his fiancée lived with their son Chaise, who was then seven months old, and her seven-year-old child from a previous relationship. |