Thursday, July 23, 2015

Thug who killed teenage boxer by stabbing him through the heart with a ten inch knife as he tried defend his friend from being attacked is jailed for life


Black on white murder in the UK.

  • Richard Johnson went on a night out with hunting knife hidden in his jeans
  • Plunged the ten-inch weapon into the heart of 19-year-old Joshua Bradley 
  • The boxing champion had stepped into help his friend who'd been jumped
  • But as he tried to defend unconscious pal, cowardly Johnson stabbed him in the chest, murdering him

A thug who murdered a teenager by stabbing him to death when he tried to save his friend in a street attack has been jailed for life.
Evil Richard Johnson, 24, knifed 19-year-old boxing star Joshua Bradley in the heart with a ten-inch hunting knife during a vicious brawl.
A jury found Johnson guilty by majority verdict of murder following a trial at Nottingham Crown Court.
Co-accused Zaiem Zulqurnain, 20, of Aspley, Nottinghamshire, was cleared of the murder and a second charge of violent disorder.
Joshua, a former boxer who represented England, was stabbed in the chest after a fight broke out in Thurland Street in Nottingham at 4am on February 8 this year.
Johnson, of Hyson Green, Nottingham, was told he would serve at least 25 years behind bars before being eligible for parole,
Judge Gregory Dickinson said: 'This is an illustration of why Parliament has specified the starting point for those who commit murder using a knife taken to the scene, intending to have it available to be used as a weapon.
'Joshua Bradley was a much-loved son, brother, nephew and friend.
'These people have, I fear many others have too, suffered a devastating loss.

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