Teenagers found guilty of fatal alley stabbing

Five 15-year-olds face life in prison after being convicted of the murder of a teenager who was knifed in an alleyway near his home.

Jacob Abraham, from Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, was stabbed repeatedly in his legs, rupturing a vital artery in December last year.

Mr Justice Edis told St Albans Crown Court: “Custody for life is the inevitable sentence for murder.”

The defendants, who cannot be named for legal reasons, denied murder. Sentencing takes place on 27 July.