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| A 14-year-old boy who accidentally stabbed a promising footballer in the neck during a row in east London has been detained for six years. | A 14-year-old boy who accidentally stabbed a promising footballer in the neck during a row in east London has been detained for six years. |
| Michael Ematuwo admitted to the manslaughter of Jahmal Mason-Blair, 17. | Michael Ematuwo admitted to the manslaughter of Jahmal Mason-Blair, 17. |
| Jahmal, from Dalston, east London, was stabbed in a Hackney street in May. He died at the scene. | Jahmal, from Dalston, east London, was stabbed in a Hackney street in May. He died at the scene. |
| The Old Bailey heard Jahmal had been trying to protect Ematuwo from a youth but he accidentally stabbed Jahmal with a knife. | The Old Bailey heard Jahmal had been trying to protect Ematuwo from a youth but he accidentally stabbed Jahmal with a knife. |
| Jahmal's friends said he dreamed of being a professional footballer and he had trials for Reading, Tottenham Hotspur and Watford. | |
| He played for Borehamwood Football Club, which played a memorial game for him with Crystal Palace. | |
| The case represents the first under new tougher guidelines for sentencing knife crime. |