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| Lewis Dunne trial: Three guilty of Liverpool teenager's murder | |
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| Three men have been found guilty of murdering a teenager who they shot dead after mistaking him for a rival because of his curly hair. | |
| Lewis Dunne, 16, was shot in the back in Eldonian Village, Vauxhall, Liverpool, in November 2015. | Lewis Dunne, 16, was shot in the back in Eldonian Village, Vauxhall, Liverpool, in November 2015. |
| Jake Culshaw, 26, and brothers John and Paul Martin, aged 20 and 25, had been involved in violent clashes with another group before Lewis was killed. | |
| They will be sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court later on Wednesday. | They will be sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court later on Wednesday. |
| After the verdicts were delivered, Culshaw shouted at the jury "you've just thrown my life away" while John Martin shouted an expletive and said "you've just taken an innocent man's life away". | |
| The judge ordered they be removed from the dock. | |
| Lewis's family wept and shouted "yes yes" as the verdicts were delivered. | |
| Lewis had left his home to buy cigarettes when he was shot, the court heard. | Lewis had left his home to buy cigarettes when he was shot, the court heard. |
| Described as "a quiet lad who kept himself to himself", the jury was told he had been enjoying a "perfectly ordinary evening" sharing a Chinese takeaway and watching television with his family. | Described as "a quiet lad who kept himself to himself", the jury was told he had been enjoying a "perfectly ordinary evening" sharing a Chinese takeaway and watching television with his family. |
| The teenager was shot as he walked under a bridge along a canal towpath. Four men were seen on CCTV running from the scene. | |
| He was found by a passer-by who gave him first aid before police arrived at about 23:10 GMT on 15 November. | He was found by a passer-by who gave him first aid before police arrived at about 23:10 GMT on 15 November. |
| He died in hospital and a post-mortem examination found the cause was a single shotgun wound to the back. | He died in hospital and a post-mortem examination found the cause was a single shotgun wound to the back. |
| The prosecution claimed Culshaw, of no fixed address, and the Martin brothers believed Lewis to be a member of the rival group with which they had clashed earlier that day because he had similar-looking curly hair. | The prosecution claimed Culshaw, of no fixed address, and the Martin brothers believed Lewis to be a member of the rival group with which they had clashed earlier that day because he had similar-looking curly hair. |
| A fourth man allegedly involved in the killing has not been traced. | A fourth man allegedly involved in the killing has not been traced. |
| Following the court hearing, Sara Drysdale, of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), said Lewis Dunne had been "an innocent victim of a senseless and violent on-going dispute between two street gangs". | |
| She said: "The CPS prosecuted this case as joint enterprise. We said that Culshaw and John and Paul Martin acted together with the same aim and that they were all guilty of Lewis' murder. | |
| "Some have said Lewis Dunne was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but Lewis had every right to be where he was on that night." | |
| Josie Whittaker, a friend of the Dunne family said the teenager had never caused harm to anybody. | |
| She said: "The night he died was horrendous. I actually went up to the scene and a heard a scream from the boy's mum and it will stay with me forever. And I mean forever. | |
| "Seeing his little face lying on the ambulance bed will stay with me forever as well. | |
| "It is just absolutely devastating and heartbreaking." |