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UK 3 teenagers jailed 6 1/2 years each for killing Indian sailor in race attack
Southampton, March 20, 2009 The judge, Mr Justice Royce has sentenced three teenage boys- Stephen Pritchard, of Dibden, Daniel Rogers, of Fawley, both 18, and Chay Fields, 16, of Blackfield, more than 19 years in jail for killing an Indian sailor, Gregory Fernandes, 32, of Goa. In Winchester Crown Court, they admitted manslaughter in a "racially motivated" attack after Fernandes arrived on a ship near Southampton. Gregory Fernandes and his friend Vinod Pithilnaviram, 29, had been out for a drink at the hotel on the evening of 20th October 2007. They were returning to the cargo ship The Garonne, berthed at Fawley oil refinery, had been chased, punched and kicked down the road by the young mob of about 20 teenagers. A passer-by helped Mr Fernandes to the docks and he died from heart failure.
Mr Pitchilnaviram suffered a broken shoulder. Aged 15, a fourth teenager admitted GBH against Mr Vinod and was sentenced to a 12 month detention and training order. Aged 15, a fifth boy admitted causing actual bodily harm against Mr Vinod, cannot be identified, was given a non-custodial 18-month supervision order. According to the police, before the attack, they were talking each other, saying they wanted to beat up a 'Paki'. Mr Fernandes who suffered only a broken tooth, not severely injure in the attack but the pleas indicated the "very serious responsibility" of the three teenage boys in the death of the sailor. They had faced a murder charge, which they had denied, and the prosecution accepted the lesser count.
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