Judge jails teenagers for Mikey Roynon fatal stabbing

A judge has jailed a teenager for life after he stabbed another boy to death with a zombie knife at a 16th birthday party.

Shane Cunningham, Leo Knight and Cartel Bushnell, whose rights to anonymity were lifted by the judge, fatally stabbed Mikey Roynon in Bath, Somerset, on 10 June 2023.

Cunningham, 16, was convicted for murder while his two friends, also 16, were convicted for manslaughter.

Bushnell has been jailed for nine years and Knight jailed for nine years and six months.

During the sentencing at Bristol Crown Court Mr Justice Saini described Bristol as experiencing "a plague of knife crime".

3 May 2024