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| Guilty pleas over cadet killing | Guilty pleas over cadet killing |
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| Seven men and two youths have admitted conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm in connection with the death of a 16-year-old Army cadet in Liverpool. | Seven men and two youths have admitted conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm in connection with the death of a 16-year-old Army cadet in Liverpool. |
| Joseph Lappin, 16, was stabbed in the heart outside a youth club in Everton in October 2008. | Joseph Lappin, 16, was stabbed in the heart outside a youth club in Everton in October 2008. |
| The nine, all from Everton, admitted the charge at Liverpool Crown Court. | |
| James Moore, 17, of Silvester Street, Everton, pleaded guilty to Joseph's murder on Wednesday and will be sentenced at a later date. | James Moore, 17, of Silvester Street, Everton, pleaded guilty to Joseph's murder on Wednesday and will be sentenced at a later date. |
| Joseph had spent a night watching friends play in a band at the Shrewsbury House Youth Club, on the evening of the attack. | |
| He and friend Callum Naden, now aged 18, and another boy had been chased around the building and were trying to get back inside when they were attacked. | |
| Joseph, a cadet member of the Liverpool Scottish Regiment, suffered a fatal stab wound and Mr Naden was knifed twice but survived. |