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02/07/2007
Youth convicted of schoolboy footballer's murder
A 17-year-old youth has been convicted of the murder of schoolboy footballer Kiyan Prince at the Old Bailey on Monday.
Hannad Hasan, of Colindale, north London, had denied murdering the 15-year-old, but admitted manslaughter, claiming Kiyan's death was an accident.
However, the prosecution did not accept the plea of manslaughter.
Hasan can now be named after Mr Justice Wilkie lifted a banning order preventing him from being identified.
Kiyan, who played for the Queens Park Rangers youth team, was stabbed through the heart as he tried to intervene in a fight outside the London Academy in Edgeware, north London in May 2006.
The court heard how Hasan put Kiyan in a headlock before stabbing him. Hasan claimed that he had been trying to scratch Kiyan on the arm, saying "just a little scratch there, but it went deep in... cos I never used a knife before."
The trial was the third in the case. The jury in the first trial failed to agree on a verdict, while a retrial was abandoned two days after the jury retired, when Kiyan's father reportedly approached a female juror on her way home.
Hasan has been remanded in custody until July 27, when he will be sentenced.
(KMcA)
Hannad Hasan, of Colindale, north London, had denied murdering the 15-year-old, but admitted manslaughter, claiming Kiyan's death was an accident.
However, the prosecution did not accept the plea of manslaughter.
Hasan can now be named after Mr Justice Wilkie lifted a banning order preventing him from being identified.
Kiyan, who played for the Queens Park Rangers youth team, was stabbed through the heart as he tried to intervene in a fight outside the London Academy in Edgeware, north London in May 2006.
The court heard how Hasan put Kiyan in a headlock before stabbing him. Hasan claimed that he had been trying to scratch Kiyan on the arm, saying "just a little scratch there, but it went deep in... cos I never used a knife before."
The trial was the third in the case. The jury in the first trial failed to agree on a verdict, while a retrial was abandoned two days after the jury retired, when Kiyan's father reportedly approached a female juror on her way home.
Hasan has been remanded in custody until July 27, when he will be sentenced.
(KMcA)
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