Teenagers locked up for life for 'savage' machete gang murder in London
It was alleged that they were directed by others to do a “ride-out” in rival gang territory. The defendants had denied murder but were convicted by a jury at the Old Bailey in February. On Tuesday, Anderson, from Romford, was locked up for at least 18 years and three months. The younger defendant was detained for life with a minimum term of 16 years. Judge Richard Marks QC said: “So far as the victim Santino Dymiter is concerned, he was no angel as the jury heard. “But he was 18 years old and he had his whole life ahead of him. He did not deserve to die, still less in the circumstance...