Teenager jailed for killing 'loving, kind, gentle' Azzam Raguragui over 'something cheap'

Hajiba Raguragui told the court her son's friends named him 'Smiley' as "he always had a beautiful smile on his face".
Teenager jailed for killing 'loving, kind, gentle' Azzam Raguragui over 'something cheap'

Azzam Raguragui's father Abdul described his eldest son, a "caring and loving" boy.

The teenage killer who stabbed 18-year-old Azzam Raguragui to death during a fight over a stolen bicycle has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years' detention.

Mr Justice Paul McDermott delivered the sentence this afternoon after hearing emotional statements from the deceased's parents Hajiba and Abdul and his cousin Younes Talibi.

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