Murderer jailed for life after teens' stabbing

A antheral who drove 4 teenagers connected a revenge ngo that led to 2 champion friends being murdered has been handed 2 beingness sentences.

Mason Rist, 15, and Max Dixon, 16, died aft being stabbed by 4 teenagers successful a frenzied onslaught extracurricular Mason's location connected Ilminster Avenue successful Knowle West, Bristol, connected 27 January.

Antony Snook, 45, tried to assertion helium was oblivious to the plan, but a assemblage rejected this defence and recovered him blameworthy of the murders.

Riley Tolliver, 18, and 3 boys, 17, 16 and 15, were besides recovered blameworthy of execution and volition beryllium sentenced connected 16 December.

Snook volition service a minimum of 38 years successful jail.

Tolliver and the 3 youngest defendants, who cannot beryllium named for ineligible reasons, had been driven to and from Knowle West by Snook.

Max and Mason were wrongly identified arsenic being liable for bricks being thrown astatine a location successful the Hartcliffe country earlier that evening.

CCTV cameras extracurricular Mason's location captured Snook's Audi Q2 pulling onto Ilminster Avenue, wherever the 4 youngest defendants past jumped out, wielding ample machetes.

The friends were ambushed successful an onslaught that lasted conscionable 33 seconds, portion Snook sat waiting successful his parked car with the lights off.

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