17-year-old boy sentenced for manslaughter

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A 17-year-old boy was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years’ detention for manslaughter at the Central Criminal Court. The proceedings were reported on 16 November 2020.

The boy raised excessive self-defence and was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter.

Azzam Raguragui was stabbed five times in Finsbury Park, Dundrum, following a melee between two groups of youths over a stolen bicycle.

Mr Justice Paul McDermott said the boy brought a knife, used wholly excessive force and attempted to dispose of evidence afterwards. The judge also said he co-operated with the investigation, helped retrieve the knife and admitted the stabbing.