Teenage murderers captured on CCTV as they walk down the street
Britain's youngest ever gun killer: Judge names 14-year-old who shot dead schoolboy, 15, with a revolver as he is jailed for LIFE
Teenagers convicted of murder are captured on CCTV as they walk down the street. Keon Lincoln, 15, was attacked in Handsworth in January and died in hospital. Post mortem examination shows Keon died from a gunshot and stab wounds
An 'evil' gunman aged 14 who shot schoolboy Keon Lincoln with a revolver in a vicious daylight gang attack in Birmingham has been jailed for life.
Yussuf Mustapha, whose identity was revealed by a judge at Birmingham Crown Court today, is facing a mandatory life sentence alongside three other teenagers convicted of murdering 15-year-old Keon near his home in Handsworth, Birmingham.
Keon was shot at and stabbed after trying to escape the shocking 30-second assault in January this year. He died two hours later at Birmingham Children's Hospital from a gunshot wound to the stomach. A major artery had also been severed as he suffered eight sharp-force injuries.
In a haunting victim impact statement today, Keon's mother said: 'I am in a nightmare that I cannot wake up from. A piece of soul has been taken from me.'
Describing how she recalled comments made on the day of the murder and could see an image of her 'beautiful boy's body being lowered into the ground,' she said 'heartless, evil monsters' had left her with thoughts and emotions she would have to live with for the rest of her life.
Sentencing, Lord Justice William Davis said the murder had been 'carefully planned and executed' using a revolver and a car stolen for use in the killing.
He added: 'Keon's mother was in the family home, she went out to find her son dying on the pavement having heard the gunshots outside. Not only had she been robbed of her son, but also had the experience and trauma of watching him die.
'When a 15-year-old boy is killed in that way the first question anybody asks is ''why?''. That question has never been answered.'
Mustapha was convicted of murder by jurors earlier this month following a five-week trial. He told jurors he was not at the murder scene but admitted he had lied to police. The 14-year-old showed little emotion as the verdict was read out.
Lifting a court order banning the media from naming Mustapha, the judge said that it was in the public interest to name him and that the measure had represented a 'substantial restriction' on the press's ability to report on the case.
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The judge also said that a 16-year-old youth found guilty of murder should be named but stayed the lifting of the order, pending the outcome of appeal against his conviction.
Their accomplices Michael Ugochukwu and Tahjgeem Breakenridge, both 18, were also convicted of murder and jailed for life. Kieron Donaldson, 18, was found guilty of unlawfully killing Keon after buying weapons used in the killing, and was sentenced to 12 years. Get the best deals here!

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