Corey Hewitt, 13 Joseph McGill, 13, Keyfer
Dykstra, 14 and Andrew Hewitt, 14, and Reese
O'Shaughnessy, 19, carried out the revenge
murder of Sean McHugh, 19
CCTV footage from night of Sean M
This is the moment a baby-faced gang chased a
teenage rival into a launderette before they
stabbed him to death.
Today the gang - four aged just 13 and 14 - were
jailed for 54 years for the revenge murder of Sean
McHugh, 19.
A judge lifted a restriction allowing Corey Hewitt,
13 Joseph McGill, 13, Keyfer Dykstra, 14 and
Andrew Hewitt, 14, and Reese O'Shaughnessy, 19,
to be named.
Victim Mr McHugh was cornered in a back room
of the launderette as his attackers tried to crash
down a door while he desperately tried to escape.
The baying gang armed themselves with knives, a
broom handle and the walking cane sword, an
antique-type martial arts weapon, which can
today be pictured for the first time.
And the mob even used washing detergent,
pouring it under the door to make Mr McHugh
slip, and become 'easy prey.'
The attack in Anfield, Liverpool, last September,
was a revenge assault after Dykstra was stabbed
by an unknown assailant thought to be from a
rival gang weeks earlier.
Vicious O'Shaughnessy must serve a minimum of
18 years and Dykstra who charged at McHugh
armed with a knife, was jailed for a minimum of
12 years.
He had posted a cruel taunt on Facebook saying,
'RIP Shorty - we always knew ye was a p****'
after McHugh died from his injuries four days
after being stabbed.
Joseph Magill, 13 when he took part in the
murder, wailed in the dock as he was sentenced
to a minimum of nine years.
Corey Hewitt, 14, who was also just 13 when the
crime was committed, was jailed for a minimum
of six years and Andrew Hewitt, 15, was jailed for
a minimum of nine years.
Recorder of Liverpool Clement Goldstone QC
called the murder of Sean McHugh 'truly wicked'.
He also told the gang: "Your fascination with
knives is part of your way of life."
Mother Lorraine McHugh, 55, and his heartbroken
girlfriend, Stephanie Crawford, said: "The night
they killed my son, they might as well have killed
me too.
"I rarely go out without ending up in floods of
tears. Me and his dad never thought we would be
burying one of our sons.
"All we have is memories, I can't sleep, I can't
face going back to work, I can't go to the shops
without breaking down.
"I hope the defendants realise what they've done
and get what they deserve."
She also blasted her son's killers for 'laughing
and smirking' during the trial and said they had
'no respect'.
The court heard O'Shaughnessy has an IQ of an
11-year-old boy and poor social skills while
McGill's intelligence level was in the bottom four
per cent for his age.
The knife blow severed the femeral artery and
four days later, Mr McHugh died from his injuries
in hospital.
After the fatal attack, one of the boys asked on
Facebook: "That kid dead haha?"
Recorder Goldstone QC added: "This attack
started as a marauding mob chasing two others
through the street.
"Members of the public saw some of what
happened and were horrified and shocked by it.
"They were from Walton and were to a greater or
lesser extent affiliated to the Walton Village gang
who were sworn enemies of the Laneheads gang
of which you were all enthusiastic card carrying
and fully paid senior and junior members.
"They were on what you perceived to be your
territory.
"Had you shown true and early remorse the
anguish now felt by his mother, brother and
girlfriend might have been slightly lessened.
"The real life sentence is that which you have
imposed on Sean McHugh's family for which
Christmas or birthdays will never be the same
again."
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