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Teen killer Who Murdered Schoolboy With 2ft Machete Stabbed While in JaSil
MIRROR (U.K.) ^ | 17 Feb 2024 | Annabal Bagdi, Joe Smith

Posted on 02/18/2024 9:29:18 PM PST by nickcarraway

Leroy Robinson was locked up in a young offenders unit while he stood trial for the murder of Joseph Riches when he was stabbed while in detention

A baby-faced teen killer who was part of machete-wielding gang who slaughtered a schoolboy with an outsized machete was stabbed behind bars.

Leroy Robinson was locked up in a young offenders unit while he stood trial for the murder of Joseph Riches.

The stabbing incident was revealed as Robinson was sentenced for the 16-year-old's murder. Mr Justice Wall told Coventry Crown Court that 16-year-old Robinson was at 'risk of exploitation' and appeared at 'physical risk' in detention, Birmingham Live reports.

The convicted robber was stabbed while on remand during the trial, the judge told. Robinson and three others - Dray Simmonds, Joshua Edgington, and Corey Burkitt - were recently locked up for more than 72 years for killing Joseph in Stourbridge last year.

In court, details of their past were revealed. Robinson - who is said to have 'complex' social, emotional and mental health needs - had previous convictions for robbery and theft.

Simmonds - who delivered the fatal blow - had never committed any crimes before killing Joseph. But he had a 'troubled upbringing' and a 'less than ideal' time in foster care, Mr Justice Wall said.

He now has 'enhanced status' as a prisoner, which means he is entitled to extra privileges while locked up. Edgington, who has a 'supportive family', was said to have 'suffered greatly' when his dad died at the age of 14.

The defendant, who has ADHD, had previous convictions for possession of a machete in another town centre, wounding, robbery and battery.

(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: adhd; coreyburkitt; draysimmonds; jasil; josephriches; joshuaedgington; leroyrobinson; stourbridge; unitedkingdom
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To: nickcarraway

Horribly written article. Looks like the British education system is as dysfunctional as our own.


21 posted on 02/19/2024 1:07:16 AM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (I went to bed on November 3rd 2020 and woke up in 1984.)
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To: nickcarraway
Unpossible. Having eradicated gun violence in their society, the UK bids fair to eliminate knife crime as well.

Even if this Victim-of-White-Supremacy-and Climate-ChangeTM did stumble over a blade that accidentally fell into another person, there is no way that such an Evil ObjectTM could have found its way to wreak its havoc in such a high-security Safe SpaceTM as one of His Majesty's Prisons.

22 posted on 02/19/2024 1:08:39 AM PST by ExGeeEye (For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.)
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To: ExGeeEye

Unfortunately, he’s alive. Says he will be more protected in custody.
No death penalty in Brittania


23 posted on 02/19/2024 2:27:55 AM PST by TStro (God made all men equal Sam Colt made them polite.)
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To: TStro

Extra privileges while locked up


24 posted on 02/19/2024 2:28:38 AM PST by TStro (God made all men equal Sam Colt made them polite.)
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To: know.your.why

leroy, dray, ya think?


25 posted on 02/19/2024 2:33:14 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

Well, it’s the King’s English after all.


26 posted on 02/19/2024 3:25:54 AM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: nickcarraway

Pygmy cannibals need machetes as a kitchen utensil.

It’s how they carve the flesh off their food, especially if it’s White meat. /spit


27 posted on 02/19/2024 3:57:44 AM PST by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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To: nickcarraway

Now he knows what it felt like for his victim.

It’s a start.


28 posted on 02/19/2024 4:00:25 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: beachn4fun
Terribly written article. Guess only the British can actually understand what it’s saying.

Some publications assume that the reader shares certain cultural beliefs and customs. For the readers of Britain's Mirror that includes low brow assumptions about the superiority of British culture, civilization, and language. That unlike savage America, exposure of third world immigrants to British life, merely by breathing wholesome British air, they will be transformed into model Public School lads, and happy and productive cab drivers and hotel staff.

29 posted on 02/19/2024 4:05:51 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead!)
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To: nickcarraway

So I guess, you can get stabbed in jail? I thought since jails were gun free zones, I thought they were safe places.


30 posted on 02/19/2024 4:09:30 AM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Guns don't kill people, LIBERALS DO!! Support the Second Amendment...)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Convict the parents as accessories to murder for their terrible parenting like they do here now.


31 posted on 02/19/2024 4:19:56 AM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: Deplorable American1776
I>So I guess, you can get stabbed in jail? I thought since jails were gun free zones, I thought they were safe places.

We need common sense pointy stick control!

32 posted on 02/19/2024 4:34:26 AM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Blue Highway

Better he’s alive. Now he can spend the rest of days in paranoia looking over his shoulder.


33 posted on 02/19/2024 4:40:37 AM PST by albie
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To: nickcarraway

I hope it hurt.

A lot.


34 posted on 02/19/2024 4:44:12 AM PST by Apparatchik (Русские свиньи, идите домой!)
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To: TStro

Unfortunately, he’s alive. Says he will be more protected in custody.
No death penalty in Brittania.

The thumbs are next


35 posted on 02/19/2024 4:47:09 AM PST by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: nickcarraway

Teens are Teens wherever they ar.


36 posted on 02/19/2024 4:50:56 AM PST by arthurus ( covfefe Al)
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To: jacknhoo
Well, it’s the King’s English after all.

Good thing it's not the President's English (or the Vice President's English, for that matter). Then nobody would be able to understand a bit of it.

37 posted on 02/19/2024 4:52:29 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Responsibility2nd

… Now he knows how that shit feels…


38 posted on 02/19/2024 6:21:12 AM PST by TalBlack (I We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

If I’m reading the story correctly, the kid who was killed — who was white — started it by attacking some other kids — race unknown — with a screwdriver and then attempting to drive off in a car with some friends.

The three guys — black —who killed him with a machete were retaliating for the initial attack. Being modern kids, they naturally recorded their murder and showed off the recording at a party. Because stupid is as stupid does.

Was this generalized racial warfare or ongoing gang activity? Ah, Merry Olde England.

Anyhow, the white kid started it but made the mistake of bringing a screwdriver to a machete fight. Because stupid is as stupid does.


39 posted on 02/19/2024 7:01:54 AM PST by sphinx
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To: alexander_busek

I doubt that the court officers propped up a corpse for sentencing, so...


But there is precedent. See Oliver Cromwell.


40 posted on 02/19/2024 7:27:53 AM PST by hanamizu ( )
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