Ronan Kanda: Teens detained for boy's mistaken identity murder

Two 17-year-olds person been sentenced for stabbing a 16-year-old lad to decease successful a lawsuit of mistaken identity.

Ronan Kanda was murdered adjacent to his location successful Wolverhampton aft helium visited a friend's location to bargain a PlayStation controller successful June 2022.

A proceedings heard his attackers, 1 of whom had conscionable collected knives bought online, mistook him for his friend.

Pradjeet Veadhasa volition service a minimum word of 18 years and Sukhman Shergill a minimum of 16, the tribunal heard.

Before passing sentence, Judge Mr Justice Choudhury lifted reporting restrictions connected naming the teenagers, successful portion to nonstop retired a beardown connection astir the seriousness of weapon crime, helium said.

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