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Alex Peguero Sosa death: Lee Dent jailed over stab murder | |
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A man found guilty of murdering a teenage footballer by stabbing him in the neck with a broken bottle, has been jailed. | |
Lee Dent, 42, from East Portlemouth near Salcombe, killed Alex Peguero Sosa, 17, in Kingsbridge, Devon. | |
The former Plymouth Argyle youth squad player, from Aveton Gifford, near Kingsbridge, was attacked last July. | |
Dent was sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum term of 22-years, at Plymouth Crown Court. | |
Mr Peguero-Sosa had just finished a year at Hartpury College, near Gloucester, when he was murdered. | |
During the two-week trial, the jury heard how Dent and a group of friends had been drinking in Kingsbridge and Mr Peguero Sosa had also been out socialising. | |
The court heard the pair had been squaring up to each other at a taxi rank, when Dent picked up a bottle and smashed it into Mr Peguero Sosa's neck. | The court heard the pair had been squaring up to each other at a taxi rank, when Dent picked up a bottle and smashed it into Mr Peguero Sosa's neck. |
Prosecutor Simon Laws said: "It was an act of pure aggression from the defendant. | Prosecutor Simon Laws said: "It was an act of pure aggression from the defendant. |
"It was a situation he could have walked away from at any point. Instead, he chose to resort to violence of an extreme kind and a young life was wasted as a result." | "It was a situation he could have walked away from at any point. Instead, he chose to resort to violence of an extreme kind and a young life was wasted as a result." |
The court was told how Dent dumped his blood-soaked clothes in a rubbish bag in a recycling bin, which police found the next day. | The court was told how Dent dumped his blood-soaked clothes in a rubbish bag in a recycling bin, which police found the next day. |
Dent told the court he was "not racist" and had Asian, black and Muslim friends. | Dent told the court he was "not racist" and had Asian, black and Muslim friends. |
He said it was possible in the heat of the moment he may have said Mr Peguero Sosa "deserved it", using racially abusive language as he walked away from the scene. | He said it was possible in the heat of the moment he may have said Mr Peguero Sosa "deserved it", using racially abusive language as he walked away from the scene. |