Teenager guilty of 14-year-old's murder
Leighton Amies shouted "I've wetted your boy" to youths after he plunged a steak knife into Tomasz Oleszak's chest
Leighton Amies, who is 15 but was 14 at the time, claimed he stabbed Tomasz by accident during an attack by a gang. Amies said he pulled the knife out after being punched, kicked and grappled to the ground, but prosecutors said his claim of being attacked was a lie. Peter Makepeace KC, defending, said his client had been "flailing out indiscriminately in an act of self-defence".
She said: "Tomasz was an amazing son, a kind and caring role model to his little brother and a great friend to so many."He can now be identified after the judge, Mr Justice Martin Spencer, lifted an anonymity order.
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