Khayri Mclean: Teenager guilty of murdering 15-year-old schoolboy

A teen has been recovered blameworthy of murdering a 15-year-old lad who was stabbed to decease arsenic helium walked location from schoolhouse successful West Yorkshire.

Khayri Mclean was stabbed doubly aft being ambushed by the teen and different lad extracurricular North Huddersfield Trust School connected 21 September.

The 17-year-old was recovered blameworthy of execution aft a proceedings astatine Leeds Crown Court. His 15-year-old accomplice had antecedently admitted murder.

They volition beryllium sentenced astatine a aboriginal date.

The lad showed nary emotion arsenic the assemblage of 8 women and 4 men returned a unanimous blameworthy verdict aft astir 5 hours of deliberation.

In a statement, Andrew Fell, headteacher astatine North Huddersfield Trust School, said the proceedings and condemnation had "brought backmost the daze and distress felt by each members of the schoolhouse assemblage astatine the clip the onslaught happened".

He said Khayri would beryllium "remembered fondly by each those who knew him" and his thoughts were with his family.

During the week-long trial, the tribunal heard the 2 boys, who cannot beryllium named owed to their age, had been lying successful hold for Khayri successful an alleyway earlier launching their fatal attack.

Prosecutor Jonathan Sandiford KC said the younger of the 2 shouted "Oi Khayri" oregon "Yo Khayri" earlier jumping successful the air, swinging a weapon with a 30cm leaf and stabbing Khayri successful the chest.

This proved to beryllium the fatal stroke arsenic it went done his ribs and penetrated 1 of his lungs and heart, jurors heard.

Mr Sandiford said Khayri fell to the level and was "defenceless connected his back" erstwhile the 17-year-old, who was 16 astatine the time, went aft him, weapon successful hand, and stabbed him successful the leg.

Khayri was taken to infirmary but died aboriginal the aforesaid day.

The 17-year-old denied targeting the teen and claimed helium had gone to the country extracurricular schoolhouse for a "fist fight" with different youth.

But prosecutors said portion helium did not inflict the fatal stroke helium was blameworthy of execution due to the fact that helium acted with his co-accused and they "encouraged and supported each different to transportation retired the attack".

Jurors were told the 2 defendants were dressed successful achromatic apparel with achromatic balaclavas and their eyes covered, perchance by sunglasses.

After attacking Khayri, they ran distant unneurotic backmost down the footpath from which they emerged, earlier stopping to region their balaclavas and the covering worn for the attack.

The judge, Mrs Justice Farbey, told the suspect determination would beryllium a proceeding connected Thursday to sermon the adjacent steps successful the lawsuit but sentencing would instrumentality spot connected a day to beryllium fixed.