Boys in tears after conviction for killing of 67-year-old

FIVE boys aged from 12 to 14 burst into tears yesterday as they were convicted of “a completely unnecessary, pointless and random attack” after killing a man playing cricket with his son.

Ernest Norton, 67, had a heart attack and collapsed after being hit by stones and spat at in a leisure centre.

The five, one of whom was only 10 at the time, were found guilty of manslaughter and violent disorder at the Old Bailey.