Teen GUILTY of murdering Khayri McLean after boy, 15, stabbed to death outside school by balaclava thugs
A TEEN has been found guilty of murdering a 15-year-old boy who was stabbed to death at the school gates.
Khayri McLean was ambushed by two balaclava-clad boys, who had lay in wait outside North Huddersfield Trust School (NHTS).
The knife pierced his heart and one of his lungs after it was plunged into his chest during the horror in September last year.
A 17-year-old boy, who can’t be named, has now been found guilty of murder at Leeds Crown Court after just under four hours of deliberation.
His co-accused, 15, previously pleaded guilty to the same charge after he dealt the fatal blow.
Prosecutors argued the older boy was just as culpable as the teens acted together and were “encouraging and supporting each other to carry out that attack”.
Jurors heard how Khayri was leaving school when the 15-year-old masked knifemen shouted out his name near an alleyway.
He then jumped in the air “like some ninja” as he swung the 30cm weapon around before stabbing the schoolboy.
As Khayri fell “defenceless on his back” to the ground, the 17-year-old then knifed him in the lower leg.
The attackers made their way across a field and managed to change their clothes during an 11-minute CCTV blackspot.
Meanwhile, a passing doctor frantically battled to save Khayri in front of some of his teachers.
One told the court how his eyes were rolling back and “going glazed”.
The teen was rushed to hospital where sadly he couldn’t be saved and was declared dead shortly after undergoing surgery.
Police arrested the 17-year-old the following day, while the younger boy handed himself in.
During his evidence, the defendant claimed he initially went to the scene for a “fist fight” with another youth.
But he said he panicked when he heard screaming and saw his co-accused next to Khayri.
He told the jury he was running with a knife in his hand when he swung at Khayri’s leg because he thought he was trying to “kick me to the floor”.
The boy claimed he did not realise he had stabbed Khayri in the leg until later.
Both teens will be sentenced at a later date.