Teens who stabbed man to death at Brixton youth club jailed
Two teenagers have been jailed for killing an aspiring mechanic in a "shocking and cruel" attack inside a youth centre.
Glendon Spence, 23, and his friends sought refuge at the Marcus Lipton Youth Centre in Brixton when two hooded teenagers from Waltham Forest and Loughton ran at them armed with large knives.
Mr Spence tripped and fell by a table tennis table and was set upon by one of the youths in a "swift and merciless" attack in front of horrified staff and youngsters.
He suffered a stab wound to his thigh, severing the femoral artery, and was pronounced dead at the scene soon after the attack on the evening of February 21.
Judge Mark Dennis QC said CCTV captured what was a "shocking and cruel attack and one which would have horrified or caused great alarm to anyone that witnessed it".
He jailed Florant for at least 18 years and handed Ukonu 14 years in a young offenders' institute.
Florant laughed and shouted up to friends in the public gallery as he was sent down.
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