Ramarni Crosby: Four guilty of teenager's manslaughter

Three teenagers person been recovered blameworthy of the manslaughter of a 16-year-old lad who was stabbed to death.

A 4th suspect earlier admitted the complaint aft Ramarni Crosby died successful a pack combat successful Gloucester.

Ramarni was stabbed successful the skull and backmost aft clashing with a group, immoderate equipped with machetes.

Jurors astatine Bristol Crown Court deliberated for much than 2 weeks earlier clearing a full of 8 defendants of murder.

Ramarni, from Frampton-on-Severn, died aft a feud had developed pursuing an earlier combat extracurricular a McDonald's, connected 15 December 2021.

The tribunal heard immoderate of the radical were equipped with knives during the clashes.

Two 16-year-olds, who cannot beryllium named due to the fact that of their age, and Levi Cameron, 18 were recovered blameworthy of Ramarni's manslaughter.

Callum Charles-Quebella, 18, had earlier pleaded blameworthy to the aforesaid charge.

Det Ch Insp Mark Almond, of the Major Crime Investigation Team, said CCTV showed Ramarni's radical approaching the scene, successful Stratton Road, and past moving away, pursued by the suspect group.

"Ramarni was the past to tally away, his flight was delayed by a substance of seconds. He was acceptable upon by a fig of the defendants," helium said.

"After he'd tally a abbreviated distance, helium collapsed connected the street."

He had been stabbed aggregate times successful the backmost and erstwhile successful the skull.

Another 4 defendants, 3 17-year-olds and 20-year-old Dean Smith, were cleared of manslaughter.

A ninth defendant, Keishaleigh Margrett-Whitter, 20, was cleared of 2 counts of assisting an offender.

The two-month proceedings heard that pursuing the clash, immoderate of the radical fled successful antithetic directions.

But Cameron and the 2 16-year-olds got a taxi to a adjacent house, wherever immoderate of them stashed their weapons.

The CCTV grounds shown successful tribunal featured 3 defendants extracurricular the property, during which they acted retired the stabbing, prosecutors said.

They past appeared to "celebrate" Ramarni's decease aft being told helium had died, prosecutors told the jury.

Adam Vaitilingam KC, prosecuting, had told the assemblage that his sidesplitting was the culmination of "ongoing rivalry" betwixt the 2 gangs.

"In particular, determination was a combat that had taken spot astir a week earlier involving 1 of these defendants and 1 of Ramarni's friends," helium said.

"That combat hadn't settled thing - determination were inactive grievances bubbling distant betwixt them and much unit was precise overmuch connected the cards."

The defendants were portion of a pack called GL1 and would deterioration purple bandanas arsenic a motion of membership, the tribunal was told.

During investigations officers recovered 2 knives and a nutrient cleaver successful drains nearby.

Police divers besides searched the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal, successful the Hempsted area, arsenic portion of the inquiry.

As the verdicts were returned, radical successful the court's nationalist assemblage were visibly upset, portion immoderate of the defendants burst into tears.

Those convicted are owed to beryllium sentenced connected 27 July.