FIVE teenagers have today (Monday November 29) been jailed for the death of 15-year-old Keon Lincoln who was shot and stabbed to death yards from his home in Handsworth, Birmingham, earlier this year.
Reporting restrictions have been lifted by the judge at Birmingham Crown Court meaning one of two boys under 18 can now be named.
Yussuf Mustapha. Pic - West Midlands Police
Gunman Yussuf Mustapha, aged 14, from Birmingham, was sentenced to life with a minimum of 16 years for murder and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.
A 16-year-old, from Walsall, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was sentenced to life with a minimum of 17 years for murder and possession of an offensive weapon in a public place.
Michael Ugochukwu and Tahjgeem Breaken-Ridge. Pics - West Midlands Police
Tahjgeem Breaken-Ridge, aged 18, from Balsall Heath, and Michael Ugochukwu, aged 18, from Edgbaston, were each sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 19 years before they will be eligible to apply for parole.
Kieron Donaldson. Pic - West Midlands Police
Kieron Donaldson, aged 18, from Perry Barr, was sentenced to 12 years for manslaughter and must serve two-thirds of that.
All five were convicted at a trial which ended at Birmingham Crown Court earlier this month.
Keon Lincoln had been talking to a friend at the front of his house in Linwood Road, Handsworth, when a white Ford S Max pulled up and several youths jumped out on January 21.
The teenager jumped over his garden wall and ran up the road, but they gave chase and he was stabbed from behind.
A shot rang out missing Keon, but he stumbled and fell. Another shot hit him in the stomach and the pack surrounded him attacking him with machetes and large hunting knives where he lay.
Keon managed to get up and ran back on himself, but was chased again and slashed after falling to the floor a second time as the group ran back to the car.
He managed to get up and get to the pavement where he collapsed for the last time.
Residents rushed to his aid, including a nurse, and he was taken to hospital but could not be saved.
Keon’s devastated mother Charmaine, who watched as her son fought for his life, said when the gang were convicted that her heart was "broken beyond repair" and she added: "I miss my boy so much that it physically hurts."
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