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| Kieran Crump Raiswell random stab murder: Man convicted | |
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| A man has been convicted of murdering a teenager in a random knife attack in a Manchester street. | A man has been convicted of murdering a teenager in a random knife attack in a Manchester street. |
| Kieran Crump Raiswell, 18, from Chorlton, was stabbed four times in Whalley Range on 16 January. | Kieran Crump Raiswell, 18, from Chorlton, was stabbed four times in Whalley Range on 16 January. |
| Imran Akhtar Hussain, 27, of Bracknell, Berkshire, had denied murder but admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. | Imran Akhtar Hussain, 27, of Bracknell, Berkshire, had denied murder but admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. |
| A jury at Manchester Crown Court dismissed his claims that voices in his head told him to kill. | A jury at Manchester Crown Court dismissed his claims that voices in his head told him to kill. |
| He will be sentenced on Friday. | He will be sentenced on Friday. |
| Killer 'sniggered' | |
| Mr Raiswell, who was on a gap year ahead of studying history at Sheffield Hallam University, was attacked without warning by Hussain who stabbed him repeatedly in the chest before running off. | Mr Raiswell, who was on a gap year ahead of studying history at Sheffield Hallam University, was attacked without warning by Hussain who stabbed him repeatedly in the chest before running off. |
| Witnesses reported the killer "sniggered" as he fled. | Witnesses reported the killer "sniggered" as he fled. |
| His mother Christine Raiswell said: "It is so completely senseless. People have said things like he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but he wasn't. | |
| "He was just walking along enjoying himself and somebody has attacked him. He did not have a chance to do anything. | |
| "There was no motive. It was just a random, violent assault." | |
| His family is planning a series of events in the first weekend of September to raise money for 42nd Street, a Manchester-based charity which supports young people under stress. |