2 teens sentenced to 34 years jail for murder of Indian-origin boy in UK
Ronan Kanda, 16, was attacked in July 2022 and West Midlands Police launched a murder investigation after he died at the scene
2 teens sentenced to 34 years jail for murder of Indian-origin boy in UK
London: Two Indian-origin teenagers were on Thursday sentenced to a total of 34 years’ imprisonment for the stabbing to death of a third teenager, also of Indian descent, with a machete and ninja sword in Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region of England last year.
Ronan Kanda, 16, was attacked in July 2022 and West Midlands Police launched a murder investigation after he died at the scene. A post-mortem revealed he died after being stabbed twice in what emerged as a case of mistaken identity.
The two 16-year-old suspects, not named at the time due to being minors, have now been identified as Prabjeet Veadhasa and Sukhman Shergill on the decision of the sentencing judge at Wolverhampton Crown Court as a warning against knife crime.
While Veadhasa will serve a minimum term of 18 years in prison, Shergill will serve a minimum of 16 years. “The pain of losing a child is immeasurable, but to also know that he was not the intended target adds a whole new layer of grief and I cannot begin to imagine the sorrow Ronan’s family feel,” said Detective Inspector Ade George from the West Midlands Police Homicide Unit who led the investigation.
“The defendants on trial are also too young to have thrown their lives away on such reckless actions that led to this tragedy. Their families too will suffer as they face lengthy prison sentences. There are no winners when knives remain on our streets and we will continue to crack down on those who think it’s acceptable to carry them,” he said.
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