Two other boys then aged 15 and 16 were given 12 month youth referral orders at an earlier hearing after admitting affray.Īfter the hearing Mr Crimes's mother said in a statement: 'Keagan was a smashing lad, was liked by all of his friends, the life and soul of any gathering. He might not be an angel and you might not want him living next door, but we suggest this was a little boy lost.' 'He is someone not beyond hope, with a basic intelligence to move on in life. It was someone acting the big man and embarking upon a new friendship with those clearly carrying out criminality.' His lawyer Michael Hayton QC said: 'During the latter half of 2020 he was clearly out of control but he was still a youth when he carried out these crimes. In the wake of the killing he had Googled phrases such as 'does blood wash off shoes', 'Rambo III knives' and 'guns.' He buried the knife and it has never been recovered. Police traced him after his DNA was found at the murder scene. Reade later contacted his mother who arranged for a taxi to collect him and bring him home. I was stabbed because I was helping my mate.' He was carrying a big knife, like a zombie knife. It was just some kid and I'd never seen him before in my life. 'I ran up to the lad and kicked him and then got stabbed myself. In a statement to police McQuoid, 32, who has since died following unrelated issues said: 'I was walking to the chippy and came around the corner and saw Keagan being stabbed. 'He was trying to stab everyone in his sight, like a man possessed, trying to kill anyone.' As I got to the front of the shop, I saw a young lad with a knife trying to swing at people. One eye witness told the trial: 'I could hear shouting and I saw one of my mates jumping over a fence at the back of the shops saying 'they're trying to f***ing stab us'. Another man Jason McQuoid, 36, attempted to use a tree branch to swipe out at Reade but he was stabbed in the left shoulder and chest area. Reade's gang fled but the teenager remained, brandishing the knife towards the group and a fight broke out and Mr Crimes was stabbed with fatal consequences. The two men escaped via the stock room door but Reade and his associates re-grouped outside the shop and a confrontation took place between them and a group of the two men's friends which included Mr Crimes who was celebrating a friend's birthday. Their targets were spotted inside the Premier Store and as they desperately tried to hold the front door shut Reade who was brandishing the Rambo knife, was seen kicking at it whilst one of his gang smashed the glass with a hammer. The killing occurred on Octoafter Reade and four other teenagers went out looking for two men they suspected of trying to 'muscle' in on his drugs racket. I don't want to hear any more about you being a little boy lost, because you are definitely not.' 'You're a young thug and that is evidenced by the destruction you have caused over the last few years. Keagan Crimes was a former army cadet and was targeted at random by Noel Reade Inquiries revealed the teenager had previously been among a group of youths who stabbed a man repeatedly telling the youngsters to 'stick him.' Later Reade, who filtered a selfie to make it look as if he had Devil horns, posted a sarcastic 'RIP Keagan' on Facebook. Mr Crimes died later in hospital after losing 33 pints of blood. Reade just 16 at the time and in the midst of setting up his own drugs empire and was said to be acting 'like a man possessed' as he stalked the streets of Winsford, Cheshire, looking to 'stab everyone in his sight.'ĭuring a confrontation outside a convenience store he knifed 27-year old former army cadet Mr Crimes in the chest, penetrating his heart, and he also stabbed and seriously wounded another man who tried to intervene. Noel Reade, 17, was also ordered to be named and shamed after he used a fearsome Rambo III hunting knife to kill 27-year old Keagan Crimes who was 'in the wrong place at the wrong time.' A teenager nicknamed 'The Devil' has been jailed for life by a judge who called him 'one of the most dangerous 17-year-olds I've ever come across' after he stabbed an innocent man to death during a Rambo knife rampage.
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