Murder of Richard Everitt

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Richard Everitt

Richard Norman Everitt (6 December 1978 – 13 August 1994)[1] was a white 15-year-old boy who was stabbed to death in London, England. Everitt's neighbourhood, Somers Town, had been the site of ethnic tensions. He was murdered by a gang of British Bangladeshis who were seeking revenge against another white boy. Everitt did not provoke the attack and had no history of anti-social behaviour.[2]

Badrul Miah, Showat Akbar, and Abdul Hai were tried in 1995.[3] Miah was given a life sentence, with a minimum term of 12 years. Akbar was sentenced to three years in custody for violent disorder. Hai was acquitted by the jury on the direction of the trial judge, at the close of the prosecution case.[4]

  1. ^ "Plaque: Richard Everitt". London Remembers. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  2. ^ Harris, Rosemary (20 July 1997). "A death in the ghetto". Prospect. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Schoolboy stabbed to death in 'brutal attack'". The Independent. 6 October 1995. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Miah v. The United Kingdom". European Court of Human Rights.