NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
A teenager who effectively died on the pavement for nearly an hour after being stabbed in the street by two gang members told them ‘I did not deserve this’ as they were jailed for life.
James Bascoe-Smith, then aged 16, was left in a wheelchair after he was knocked off a bicycle and repeatedly knifed by masked men in Brixton, south London, last February 23.
The Old Bailey heard he was the entirely innocent victim of a gang attack sparked either by a provocative online drill video or as ‘tit-for-tat’ revenge for a previous attack.
On Friday, James was surrounded by family and friends in court as his two attackers were sentenced for conspiracy to murder.