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Youth sentenced to life for knife murder of schoolboy
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by Dave Keating | August 8, 2008 at 05:43 am
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A 16 year old was today sentenced to life in prison for murdering a 14-year-old boy. The sentence is one of the longest handed out for a youth in the UK.
A 16-year-old youth was today sentenced to life for murdering the schoolboy Martin Dinnegan last June.
Joseph Chin will serve a minimum of 12 years in prison for stabbing his 14-year-old victim in the back four times in north London.
The attack happened following an exchange of "dirty looks" between two groups of teenagers in Holloway. Dinnegan tried to outrun his pursuers, shouting "Please help me" to passers-by as he fled.
"This was a deliberate attack requiring a long chase with revenge in mind," said the judge, Brian Barker.
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at 15:27 on December 2nd, 2008
i dont understand how 12 years amounts to life?
Martin was one of the kindest,politest,genuine and loyal friend you could ever come accross,he never liked trouble,but would confront those who hurt his friends!He was like a younger brother to me and i will never forget him!
This piece of scum was already a criminal,was part of a gang,beat and murdered martin and yet he gets away with just 12 poxy years,its pathetic!
the other boy got just 4 years,which will probably equal about 1