Teenagers jailed for hacking companion to death with scythes

THREE British teenagers who hacked to death a camping companion with two large agricultural scythes were jailed for life yesterday.

John Sawdon, aged 17, Jermaine James, also 17, and 16-year-old Rebecca Peeters inflicted more than 80 separate wounds on 17-year-old Terry Hurst during a camping trip at Broomhead Reservoir, near Sheffield, on the night of July 19 last year, Sheffield Crown Court heard.

The trio, who admitted murder at a previous hearing, left the largest scythe embedded in Mr Hurst’s neck, the court was told.