Three boys who beat a homeless man to death for a dare were convicted of murder yesterday.
The
teenagers - two aged 14 and a 17-year-old who cannot be named because
of their ages - attacked Kevin Bennett, 53, as he slept rough outside a
supermarket in Liverpool.
Mr Bennett died in hospital six days after the beating in the early hours of August 17 last year.
During their trial at Liverpool
Crown Court, the jury was told the 17-year-old had goaded one of the
14-year-olds in to the attack by saying: 'I bet you haven’t got it in
you to do him in'.
The court heard the younger boy later told his friend: 'I started kicking him, I booted him and now he’s dead'.
The second 14-year-old acted as a look-out as the attack took place, the prosecution said.
The three boys had denied murder but were convicted today by a unanimous jury of seven women and five men following 13 hours of deliberations after a four week trial.
The first 14-year-old closed his eyes and put his forehead against the glass dock as the verdicts were delivered.
The two other boys showed no emotion.
In the public gallery, members of Mr Bennett’s family sobbed.
The
boys shared the dock with Linda Doran, 42, from Liverpool, who was
convicted of perverting the course of public justice by providing false
alibis for two defendants.
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