'Animals' face life for Ben's murder; TEENAGER STABBED 11 TIMES IN 5 SECONDS.Byline: SHENAI RAif THREE youths face life sentences yesterday after being found guilty of the brutal killing of Ben Kinsella, the 16-year-old brother of actress Brooke Kinsella Brooke Kinsella (born July 17, 1983) is a British actress. Career She made her television debut at the age of nine in the BBC children series MUD (1994). She has had many roles since then in programmes such as the BBC detective series' Maisie Rain (1998) and . Juress Kika, 19, Jade Braithwaite, 18, and Michael Alleyne, 20, were convicted of murder at the Old Bailey Old Bailey Noun the Central Criminal Court of England Noun 1. Old Bailey - the central criminal court in London criminal court - a court having jurisdiction over criminal cases . After being led into court in handcuffs, the three Londoners were remanded in custody for sentencing today Ben and his friends had been to a bar to celebrate the end of their GCSE GCSE 1. (in Britain) General Certificate of Secondary Education; an examination in specified subjects which replaced the GCE O level and CSE 2. Informal a pass in a GCSE examination Noun 1. exams when a row broke out in Islington, north London North London is a part of London, England which has several possible definitions. River & geography The part of London north of the River Thames (illustrated). , on June 29 last year. Although the confrontation had nothing to do with him, he was chased along the street with other youngsters - and stabbed to death when he stopped running. Ben was stabbed 11 times in five seconds by the three youths in revenge for the "disrespect" shown to Braithwaite earlier. Former EastEnders actress Brooke Kinsella, 25, sat with her fingers crossed and burst into tears after the verdict. Her parents George and Deborah shouted "yes" and wept as they were supported by other family members. It was the end of a tense six weeks during which they attended each day of the trial. Outside court, they were greeted by around 30 friends and family, who applauded them. They included family friend Linda Robson, star of Birds Of A Feather Birds Of a Feather - (BOF) (From the saying "Birds of a feather flock together") An informal discussion group, scheduled on a conference program or formed ad hoc, to consider a specific issue or subject. . Miss Kinsella, who had appealed to youngsters to come forward and help police, said: "I am overjoyed. "It's awful, awful, but we got all we needed - it's justice. There is never going to be enough justice but we have got it now." Mrs Kinsella, 46, told the judge: "The people who murdered him knew nothing about our Ben, not a hair on his head, a bone in his body, not anything about our wonderful son. "They had never met him before or spoken to him, they just cruelly took his life away with knives for no apparent reason. "We had brought Ben up to always walk away from trouble. This sadly cost him his life. "He walked away to get safely home and they took advantage of that - he was one boy on his own. "It seems unfair. Their intent was to stab someone that night." She added: "We, as his family, have been left devastated and in total despair. Our whole world has been totally turned upside down. "Ben went for a good night out and never came home again." Ben never lived to find out his "wonderful" exam results. Mrs Kinsella said: "Ben had only just finished school - a straight A student, he had a job and had got his place in college. "Ben loved life, he loved living, and he had so much to live for. He knew where he was going and where he wanted to be. "Ben loved nothing more than to make people laugh, he was a fun-loving, happy-go-lucky boy with a heart of gold and would do anything for anyone." Outside court, father George, 49, said: "Our precious and gentle son Ben was brutally murdered on the streets of London. "How many families like ours will have to stand outside the Old Bailey to get justice? "Our son's only crime was to be the last one to run away from those animals. "Knife crime is now sadly embedded in the heart of Great Britain, always running the lives of gangs and feral feral untamed; often used in the sense of having escaped from domesticity and run wild. youths. "It could be a wrong word, a wrong look or the wrong postcode postcode Noun a system of letters and numbers used to aid the sorting of mail Noun 1. postcode - a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail postal code, ZIP code, ZIP . "In Ben's case, it was something which was nothing to do with him at all." CAPTION(S): Ben Kinsella, stabbed to death when he could run no more. Inset from top: Jade Braithwaite, Michael Alleyne and Juress Kika who were yesterday found guilty of murdering Ben and may get a life sentence today |
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