5 top Reading news stories this week - November 21
The Reading Chronicle have rounded up some of the most important stories from the last week.
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The Reading Chronicle have rounded up some of the most important stories from the last week.
TWO teenage boys who killed another boy following a row on social media have been sentenced to custody in a young offenders’ institution. Olly Stephens, 1...
An autistic schoolboy killed on the first weekend of the year died from stab wounds to the chest, an inquest heard. Olly Stephens, 13, was attacked in a park at Bugs Bottom fields, Emmer Green, in Reading, on the afternoon of Sunday January 3. His inquest was formally opened by assistant coroner Alison McCormick at Reading Coroner’s Court on Monday morning, during which his cause of death was confirmed. Olly Stephens, 13, died after being stabbed at Bugs Bottom fields, Emmer Green, in Reading (Thames Valley Police handout/PA) Ms McCormick said a member of the public tried to resuscitate Oll...
play-icon Video report by ITV News Meridian's Mel Bloor: The family of a Reading schoolboy stabbed to death in a park in broad daylight have described him at his funeral service as “a loving, caring, funny soul who would stick up for the underdog”. Stuart Stephens, father of 13-year-old Oliver Lucas Stephens, said his son “touched so many lives without either us or himself knowing it” during a service at Reading Crematorium on Friday. The teenager, known to friends as Olly, was fatally attacked at Bugs Bottom fields, Emmer Green, in Reading, on January 3. Olly Stephens, 13, died after...
Hundreds line the streets for funeral of stabbed schoolboy Olly Stephens Updated: 05/02/2021, 6:02 pm A member of the public places a red rose on the hearse as the funeral procession slows (Steve Parsons/PA) The family of an autistic schoolboy stabbed to death in a park in broad daylight have described him at his funeral service as “a loving, caring, funny soul who would stick up for the underdog”. Stuart Stephens, father of 13-year-old Oliver Lucas Stephens, said his son “touched so many lives without either us or himself knowing it” during a service at Reading Crematorium on Friday....