Two teenagers among a group of five have been jailed for life by a British court for the murder of a Bermudian student.
Lyrico Steede, known to family and friends as Rico, died five days after being stabbed in Nottingham in February last year.
The 17-year-old was attacked after being chased through the streets, in what Detective Chief Inspector Hayley Williams described as the culmination of a longstanding feud.
At Nottingham Crown Court on Friday, Kasharn Campbell, 19, was jailed for 20 years and 37 days, while Christian Jameson, 18, was jailed for 16 years and 36 days.
Remmell Miller-Campbell, 18, was jailed for nine years for manslaughter, and a 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was sentenced to seven-and-a-half, also for manslaughter.
A 16-year-old girl, who also cannot be identified, received six years for manslaughter.
Steede, who was fatally stabbed here on February 13 last year, died in hospital after being lured to a park at Stock Well, in the Bullwell area of Nottingham.
The five were convicted by a jury in Nottingham last month.
The victim’s mother, Keishaye Steede, provided a victim impact statement to the court, in which she described feeling fear since the murder at hearing ambulances.
Steede said she had “never experienced such devastating pain”, adding: “I’ve watched my elders in Bermuda lose their sons to murder, even my own cousin and children’s uncle.
“Each time I heard of another murder my whole heart would crumble. I hated to see my family go through that. I always wished it would never happen to me.”
“Carrying my baby for nine months, bonding and growing with him during pregnancy, to then give birth and for him to spend life on earth, watching him grow for 17 years for others to decide that they want to brutally end his life.
“This has by far been the worst experience of my entire 36 years of living. Losing my son has shattered my family.”
Steede said that her son had moved to Britain to live with his father, and that she had moved to the UK at his request.
“Rico didn’t ask for much at all. It was very rare he asked and for that reason I would try my best to get what he asked for. His love for his family was nothing less than amazing.”
“I promise you only the most high is pulling me through this and the fact that Lyrico would want me to keep my head high, my heart in love and keep moving forward,” she told the court.
“I hate to see my daughters and parents hurt from this.”
Her statement included a call for tackling knife crime, “as I would hate to see another mother lose her son.”
From offence to sentencing in less than a year. How long would that take here?