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| Teenagers jailed for sword death | Teenagers jailed for sword death |
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| Three teenage gang members have been given life sentences for killing a 14-year-old boy stabbed in the heart with a sword. | Three teenage gang members have been given life sentences for killing a 14-year-old boy stabbed in the heart with a sword. |
| Paul Erhahon was murdered in an unprovoked attack by a 17-strong gang in Leytonstone, east London, last April, the Old Bailey was told. | Paul Erhahon was murdered in an unprovoked attack by a 17-strong gang in Leytonstone, east London, last April, the Old Bailey was told. |
| Two of the teenagers were given minimum custodial terms of 13 years and one was given a minimum term of 11 years. | Two of the teenagers were given minimum custodial terms of 13 years and one was given a minimum term of 11 years. |
| Two other teenagers convicted of manslaughter were also jailed. | Two other teenagers convicted of manslaughter were also jailed. |
| One was given an eight year term and the other youth received an indeterminate sentence with a minimum of seven years. | One was given an eight year term and the other youth received an indeterminate sentence with a minimum of seven years. |
| The court heard Paul was killed by gang members, some aged as young as 13, who wanted to "earn their spurs" in the group. | The court heard Paul was killed by gang members, some aged as young as 13, who wanted to "earn their spurs" in the group. |
| Many wore hoods and masks and were armed with baseball bats, knives, swords and a bicycle chain when they carried out their attack. | |
| Phone evidence | |
| Paul was stabbed with a seven-inch sword after straying into their path near his Leytonstone home. | |
| An Old Bailey jury heard how he cried out: "You can't be shanking [stabbing] me," as he was attacked. | |
| Video recordings of news broadcasts about the murder were found on a mobile phone in the bedroom of one of the defendants. | Video recordings of news broadcasts about the murder were found on a mobile phone in the bedroom of one of the defendants. |
| Laughter and the words "bang bang" could be heard in the background. | |
| Seven defendants, aged between 14 and 19, had denied murder, attempted murder and wounding with intent. | |
| The sentencing took place on the same day as two other teenagers were given life sentences for murdering 16-year-old schoolboy Kodjo Yenga. |