Boy, 15, is convicted of murdering software engineer who was stabbed in the chest after a row at an Asda supermarket
- A 15-year-old boy has today been convicted of the murder of Ian Kirwan, 53
- Mr Kirwan died after being stabbed outside an Asda store in Redditch, Worcs
- The boy claimed he had only wanted to scare the victim but was convicted
- Jurors cleared three other youths – two aged 14 and one aged 16 – of murder
A 15-year-old youth has been convicted at Birmingham Crown Court of murdering software engineer Ian Kirwan who was stabbed in the chest after a row at an Asda supermarket in Redditch, Worcestershire.
Jurors cleared three other youths – two aged 14 and one aged 16 – of murder and manslaughter but found them guilty of violent disorder.
A fifth boy, aged 16, was acquitted of murder, manslaughter and violent disorder, having claimed he was not involved in the fatal confrontation and could not have predicted it.
Ian Kirwan, 53, pictured, was stabbed to death outside an Asda store in Redditch on March 9
Police at the scene of the stabbing outside an Asda superstore in Redditch, Worcestershire
A 14-year-old boy claimed he forgot he was carrying a knife when he stabbed Mr Kirwan. He claimed he did not intend to harm the Jaguar Land Rover worker
Jurors convicted the youngster of the killing after hearing how 53-year-old Ian Kirwan was knifed in the heart by the youth – then aged 14 – acting as a part of a masked gang which “terrorised” members of the public in Redditch.
The killer, from Birmingham, travelled with a group of male friends by train to the Worcestershire town on March 8, last year, subjecting Mr Kirwan to a minute-long attack near the entrance of an Asda store.
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