UK - 11 teenagers arrested after 16year old fatally stabbed in Bath

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Bath stabbing: Residents 'heard screaming' before police arrived

Eleven teenagers are being held on suspicion of murder after a boy, 16, died in a fatal stabbing.

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The stabbing happened at a party on Eastfield Avenue in Bath, on Saturday night, with one resident saying she also heard fireworks going off.

Avon and Somerset Police said six boys and two girls, aged between 15 and 17, were initially arrested on board a bus travelling on Lansdown Lane at 23:30, 30 minutes after the stabbing was reported.
Three more teenage boys were arrested on Sunday and all eleven remain in police custody, detectives added.
A large cordon was put in place on Eastfield Avenue throughout Sunday while police carried out investigations.

 

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Bath stabbing: Residents 'heard screaming' before police arrived

Eleven teenagers are being held on suspicion of murder after a boy, 16, died in a fatal stabbing.

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''Nearby resident Steven Smart, 65, said he heard a lot of shouting and saw youths running past his house.
"I heard a woman say, 'What you running for?'.
"Then there were police cars, ambulances and helicopters. As soon as I saw helicopters I thought it has got to be something serious."

Another resident, who wanted to remain anonymous, said she heard loud shouting, swearing and people running following the noise of fireworks, at about 23:00 BST.''

 

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Bath murder victim identified as Mikey Roynon | Avon and Somerset Police

Mikey, 16, from Kingswood, died from a single stab wound at a property on Eastfield Avenue on Saturday (10 June).

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The boy who died at a property in Bath at the weekend has been identified as Mikey Roynon.

Emergency services attended an address on Eastfield Avenue shortly after 11pm on Saturday following reports someone had been stabbed.

Sadly Mikey, 16, from Kingswood, was unable to be saved and died a short time later at the scene.

A post-mortem examination has been carried out and confirmed he died from a single stab wound.

Three boys – a 15-year-old and a 16-year-old from Wiltshire and a 15-year-old from Dorset – remain in police custody and continue to be questioned by detectives.

Eight teenagers, who were arrested within half an hour of the incident from a bus on Lansdown Lane, have since been released from custody and no further action will be taken against them.

 

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Mikey Roynon was armed with knife when he was stabbed, court told

Three 16-year-olds are facing trial accused of Mikey Roynon's murder.

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A teenager was stabbed to death after going to a party armed with a knife, a court has heard.
Mikey Roynon, 16, from Kingswood, Bristol, was fatally stabbed in the neck with a large "zombie knife" during a house party in Bath on 10 June.
Three 16-year-olds are accused of his murder. The defendants, who cannot be identified, all deny the charges.
Bristol Crown Court heard the three defendants travelled to Bath on a bus from Devizes.

 

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Mikey Roynon was fatally stabbed in self-defence, court told

A defendant will claim he stabbed a boy after being confronted by armed teenagers, a court was told.

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A teenager was acting in self-defence when he fatally wounded a boy with a "zombie knife" at a house party, a court has heard.
The defendant will claim he stabbed Mikey Roynon in the neck after being confronted by a group of armed teenagers, Bristol Crown Court was told.
He is one of three 16-year-olds on trial accused of Mikey's murder.

 

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Mikey Roynon murder trial: Defence begins summing up

The defence begins summing up in the trial of three boys accused of murdering Mikey Roynon, 16.

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The three boys on trial, who cannot be named for legal reasons, deny murder.
Their defence, while summing up at Bristol Crown Court, said the violence broke out after they were confronted by a group of armed teens at the party.
During the trial all three defendants chose to not give evidence and instead produced written statements.
Defence counsel Raymond Tully KC said that in Boy A's statement, he admitted fatally stabbing Mikey in the neck.
"He admits he killed Mikey, he admits he wielded that knife and stabbed Mikey, but he says he did that in self-defence," Mr Tully told jurors.
"We hope that you will reflect on the fact that Boy A says he faced a situation where there was a large group of Bristol boys armed with large knives.
"Boy A is entitled to be found not guilty if he was acting in self-defence."
During summing up for the prosecution on Thursday, Christopher Quinlan KC said the fact that Mikey had been stabbed in the back of the neck meant jurors "must consider that the location of the wound would be a very unlikely location for self-defence".
But Mr Tulley said the pathologist who examined Mikey's body suggested his neck could have been moving.
This, the defence barrister said, would make it "hard to prove what movement the body was making at the time".
The jury also heard the defence for Boy B. Mrs Anna Vigars KC said he had felt threatened at the party because "boys from Bristol" were carrying knives.
She asked the jury if they could rule out that he got a knife to defend himself.

 

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Mikey Roynon: Teens found guilty of killing 16-year-old boy

Mikey Roynon, from Bristol, was stabbed during a row at a house party in Bath last year.

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Three teenagers jailed for killing Mikey Roynon | Avon and Somerset Police

Three 16-year-old boys were convicted following a trial earlier this year – one was convicted of murder while the other two were convicted of manslaughter…

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During the hearing, The Honourable Mr Justice Saini lifted reporting restrictions banning the names of the three boys from being reported.

The boy who was convicted of murdering Mikey can now be identified as 16-year-old Shane Cunningham.

The two boys convicted of his manslaughter can also be named as Cartel Bushnell and Leo Knight, both also 16 years old.

 

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Mikey Roynon: No-one can forget his stabbing at a party in Bath

Mikey Roynon, 16, was killed with a zombie knife. The BBC speaks to those touched by his death.

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Longer article- interesting read

 

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The Big Cases - The House Party Murder

How a house party turned into a murder scene - the fatal stabbing of Mikey Roynon.

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