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Ralph Millward was found dead with a supermarket trolley on top of him | Ralph Millward was found dead with a supermarket trolley on top of him |
Three boys have been detained for kicking to death a Big Issue seller in a "chillingly casual" attack. | |
The body of Ralph Millward, 41, was found in bushes in Bournemouth last year. A supermarket trolley had been dumped on top of him. | |
Jimmy Ayres, 15, Craig Real, 17, and Warren Crago, 17, were convicted of manslaughter last month. | |
Ayres was detained for two years, Real for four years nine months and Crago must serve four years. | |
They were cleared of murdering Mr Millward, who had been sleeping rough outside Marks and Spencer in Westbourne. | |
The trial heard the four youths had bought and drunk two bottles of cider and two bottles of vodka on the night of 7 May. | |
Mr Millward was discovered lying dead in bushes by two outreach workers the next morning. | |
He had died from multiple blunt force injuries and was found with a supermarket trolley on top of him. | |
Merciless killing | |
Judge Guy Boney described the attack as a "mindless and chillingly casual" act of violence. | |
He added it was an utterly merciless killing and a wicked act. | |
But Mr Millward's father Ken, who lives in Boscombe, said he was "disappointed" by the sentences. | |
Ayres, of Aspen Gardens, Crago, of Arne Crescent, and Real, of Turbary Close, were convicted at Winchester Crown Court. | Ayres, of Aspen Gardens, Crago, of Arne Crescent, and Real, of Turbary Close, were convicted at Winchester Crown Court. |
A fourth teenager, who was with the group the night Mr Millward died, told the court he had tried to stop the attack. | A fourth teenager, who was with the group the night Mr Millward died, told the court he had tried to stop the attack. |