Kelyan Bokassa: Teenagers who 'smiled' as they murdered schoolboy sentenced to life

Two teenagers have been sentenced to at least 15 years for the machete murder of 14-year-old Kelyan Bokassa on a bus.

Kelyan was killed on 7 January in Woolwich, southeast London, in what prosecutors said was a planned attack.

The defendants, now 16, who are too young to be named, stabbed him 27 times with machetes.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/two-teenagers-sentenced-to-at-least-15-years-for-machete-murder-of-boy-14-on-london-bus-13401527

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Post from Sky News on July 25, 2025

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