Five guilty of boys' mistaken identity murders

A radical of teenagers and a antheral person been recovered blameworthy of murdering 2 champion friends successful a lawsuit of mistaken identity.

Mason Rist, 15, and Max Dixon, 16, were stabbed to decease yards from Mason's beforehand doorway successful Knowle West, Bristol, connected 27 January.

Anthony Snook, 45, Riley Tolliver, 18, and 2 boys, 17 and 16, had each denied murder.

A 15-year-old lad admitted murdering Mason but denied sidesplitting Max, nevertheless a assemblage astatine Bristol Crown Court recovered each subordinate of the radical blameworthy of some murders.

Snook volition beryllium sentenced connected 19 November, with the 4 teenagers owed to beryllium sentenced connected 16 December.

During the trial, the tribunal heard Max, 16, and Mason, 15, each received fatal stab wounds from 2 machetes.

One of the weapons utilized had a leaf magnitude of 42cm (16.5in), portion a 2nd was 41cm (16in).

The assemblage was told however Max and Mason had been wrongly identified arsenic being liable for throwing bricks astatine a location successful the neighbouring Hartcliffe country earlier that evening.

The 5 accused had acceptable disconnected from Hartcliffe heading to Knowle West “hell-bent connected revenge”, Ray Tully QC told the court.

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