Teh One Who Knocks
09-10-2013, 11:03 AM
The Telegraph
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Michael Graham, a 19-year-old father who was nicknamed “Angel”, died after being stabbed in the back by MacCauley Jenkinson, now 17.
Teeside Crown Court heard that the pair had once been friends but had fallen out after Jenkinson, from Scarborough, North Yorks, began a relationship with a 14-year-old girl.
Mr Graham was said to have mocked Jenkinson about the age gap and the younger man bought a flick knife and warned a girlfriend he was “heading for a showdown with him”.
Tim Roberts QC, prosecuting, said: “He said he was prepared to stab him and that Michael Graham deserved to die.’’
The stabbing took place outside the Olympia arcade in Scarborough on April 13 after Mr Graham and another teenager were surrounded by Jenkinson and seven of his friends. One of the group began to attack Mr Graham and as the victim fought back, Jenkinson stabbed him. Mr Graham collapsed as the gang fled.
Mr Roberts added: “It is a measure of the calculation with which this crime was committed that the defendant seems actually to have counted in his head each thrust of the knife at the time because afterwards he was to text several friends with the information that he had stabbed Angel 12 times.”
Jenkinson, who was convicted last Friday of murder and wounding, must spend at least 16 years in custody before being considered for release.
Judge Simon Bourne-Arton QC told him: “Michael Graham described you as a coward and a coward is what you are in fact. You waited until he was defenceless before carrying out that attack on him. You stabbed him with ferocity.
“You showed not one jot of sadness or regret. You are a dangerous young man.’’
Det Chief Insp Maria Taylor, of North Yorkshire Police, said: “MacCauley Jenkinson attacked Michael in such an aggressive and violent manner that there is little doubt that he intended to do him serious harm.”
No details about the victim’s young family were available last night but Mr Graham’s relations said: “Not only have we lost a son, grandson, brother, nephew and a dad , we have also lost a friend who loved his family and was always there for us when we needed him, no matter what.
“He was a good friend to many and we would especially like to thank one of his best friends who was with him at the end. It is a great comfort for us to know that Mickey was with such a close friend.”
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Michael Graham, a 19-year-old father who was nicknamed “Angel”, died after being stabbed in the back by MacCauley Jenkinson, now 17.
Teeside Crown Court heard that the pair had once been friends but had fallen out after Jenkinson, from Scarborough, North Yorks, began a relationship with a 14-year-old girl.
Mr Graham was said to have mocked Jenkinson about the age gap and the younger man bought a flick knife and warned a girlfriend he was “heading for a showdown with him”.
Tim Roberts QC, prosecuting, said: “He said he was prepared to stab him and that Michael Graham deserved to die.’’
The stabbing took place outside the Olympia arcade in Scarborough on April 13 after Mr Graham and another teenager were surrounded by Jenkinson and seven of his friends. One of the group began to attack Mr Graham and as the victim fought back, Jenkinson stabbed him. Mr Graham collapsed as the gang fled.
Mr Roberts added: “It is a measure of the calculation with which this crime was committed that the defendant seems actually to have counted in his head each thrust of the knife at the time because afterwards he was to text several friends with the information that he had stabbed Angel 12 times.”
Jenkinson, who was convicted last Friday of murder and wounding, must spend at least 16 years in custody before being considered for release.
Judge Simon Bourne-Arton QC told him: “Michael Graham described you as a coward and a coward is what you are in fact. You waited until he was defenceless before carrying out that attack on him. You stabbed him with ferocity.
“You showed not one jot of sadness or regret. You are a dangerous young man.’’
Det Chief Insp Maria Taylor, of North Yorkshire Police, said: “MacCauley Jenkinson attacked Michael in such an aggressive and violent manner that there is little doubt that he intended to do him serious harm.”
No details about the victim’s young family were available last night but Mr Graham’s relations said: “Not only have we lost a son, grandson, brother, nephew and a dad , we have also lost a friend who loved his family and was always there for us when we needed him, no matter what.
“He was a good friend to many and we would especially like to thank one of his best friends who was with him at the end. It is a great comfort for us to know that Mickey was with such a close friend.”