A TEEN who stabbed a 15-year-old boy to death in a gang fight has been jailed for seven years.
O’Neil Cameron, 19, stabbed Romario Opia in the chest and heart with a “very large knife”.
O’Neil Cameron, 19, stabbed Romario Opia in the chest and heart[/caption]
Witnesses told the Old Bailey they saw Romario swing a machete at three youths[/caption]
Witnesses told the Old Bailey they saw Romario jump off his bike and run towards three youths, including Cameron.
Romario swung a machete he was carrying before Cameron wielded his knife at him in Archway, North London.
Cameron, of nearby Islington, was cleared of murder but convicted of manslaughter.
A 17-year-old was cleared by the jury of murder and manslaughter.
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Judge Jeremy Donne, QC, told: “It is truly a disturbing feature of this case that all of those involved were 18 or under.
“Romaria jumped from his bike and started to run towards your group.
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“It is simply a tragedy that Romaria became embroiled in gang and knife culture.”
Romario’s mother Katrina told the court of her “unbearable loss”.
