Judge warns of knife crime ‘plague’ as youths detained for killing teenager
Three teenagers who killed a promising young rapper at a 16th birthday party have been detained, as a judge warned of the dangers of a “plague of knife crime”.
Shane Cunningham fatally stabbed Mikey Roynon, 16, in the neck with a large knife during a house party in Bath, Somerset, in June last year.
The 16-year-old was convicted of murder while his two friends, Cartel Bushnell and Leo Knight, were found guilty of Mikey’s manslaughter, after a trial at Bristol Crown Court.
Cunningham was given a life sentence and ordered to serve a minimum of 16
