Eight years for Damilola killers

I don't usually blog about news from England, but this was a very sad case in Peckham, South East London, near where I lived, worked and went to church:

Two teenage brothers have each been sentenced to eight years' youth custody for killing schoolboy Damilola Taylor.

Danny and Rickie Preddie, aged 18 and 19, of Peckham, south London, were convicted of manslaughter in August.

Damilola, 10, bled to death after being cut with a broken bottle in Peckham in 2000. The inquiry into his death has led to three trials and cost £16m.

But Damilola's father, Richard, criticised the sentence saying it would do nothing to deter other criminals.

Sentencing the brother at the Old Bailey, Mr Justice Goldring said neither had shown any regret or remorse.

Addressing Damilola's parents, Richard and Gloria Taylor, the judge said the sentence may seem "inadequate" but that he had to take into account that the pair were only aged 12 and 13 at the time of the killing.

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