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Damilola killing pair face jail Eight years for Damilola killers
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Two teenage brothers are due to be sentenced on Monday for killing schoolboy Damilola Taylor. Two teenage brothers have each been sentenced to eight years' youth custody for killing schoolboy Damilola Taylor.
Danny and Rickie Preddie, aged 18 and 19, of Peckham, south London, were convicted of manslaughter in August.Danny and Rickie Preddie, aged 18 and 19, of Peckham, south London, were convicted of manslaughter in August.
Damilola, 10, bled to death after being cut with a broken bottle in Peckham in 2000. The inquiry into his death has led to three trials and cost £16m.Damilola, 10, bled to death after being cut with a broken bottle in Peckham in 2000. The inquiry into his death has led to three trials and cost £16m.
A number of youths were arrested, but four were cleared in a trial in 2002. Hassan Jihad, 20, was cleared in April. Monday's sentencing of the brothers, who were 12 and 13 at the time of the killing, took place at the Old Bailey.
Nigerian-born Damilola was found bleeding from a leg wound in a stairwell on a housing estate in November 2000. Nigerian-born Damilola had only been in the country a few months when was found bleeding from a leg wound in a stairwell on a housing estate in Peckham in November 2000.
Preddie brothers profile Damilola blood spots 'missed' Six-year trail to conviction
It is thought he was attacked as he made his way home from an after-school club and was jabbed with a broken beer bottle in his thigh.It is thought he was attacked as he made his way home from an after-school club and was jabbed with a broken beer bottle in his thigh.
Damilola had only been in the country a few months The long investigation included a much-criticised trial of four other youths in 2002 - all of whom were cleared.
Earlier this year the Preddie brothers and a third defendant, Mr Jihad went on trial for murder after new forensic evidence, apparently missed during the first investigation, was found. Earlier this year the Preddie brothers and a third defendant, Hassan Jihad, 20, went on trial for murder after new forensic evidence, apparently missed during the first investigation, was found.
Blood spots on a shoe and jumper and fibres, not discovered at the time of the murder, were shown in evidence. Mr Jihad was cleared of all charges, the Preddies were cleared of murder and assault but the jury failed to reach verdicts on the manslaughter charge.
Mr Jihad was cleared of all charges, the Preddies were cleared of murder and assault. The brothers, 12 and 13 at the time, were arrested a few days after Damilola was killed but were released without charge.
But a retrial was ordered when the jury at that trial could not agree on the manslaughter charge. One was being monitored by the probation service and the other was on bail and detained at a children's home.
The sentencing of the two brothers - who were 12 and 13 at the time of the killing - will take place at the Old Bailey. They were re-arrested last year when the blood and fibres from Damilola were found on their clothing.