A father’s last moments protecting his son before he was murdered in the street by a gang armed with machetes and zombie knives has been caught on CCTV.
Kelvin Ward, 50, was stabbed after leaving a KFC with his son, who the gang had been trying to kill, on 18 April. The attackers rammed their car before turning on the father when the teenager managed to escape from them on Chester Road in Birmingham.
The armed gang launched themselves at Mr Ward as they chased him across the street, before he was fatally stabbed.
Tyrone Hollywood, 17, and Rusharn Williams-Reid, 28, have been found guilty of murder.
Aaron Coates, 28, was cleared of murder but found guilty of manslaughter, while Leighton Williams, 18, was cleared of murder and manslaughter.
All four of the defendants, from Birmingham, were found guilty of conspiracy to murder Mr Ward’s son at Coventry Crown Court.
They will be sentenced in January.
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21 Comments
We need to stop all of this gun violence. 🤓
The fourth Reich uses immigration to create their one world system. They are currently destroying the west as a whole. Next will be UBI and a military police state. They must create the problem to offer the solution.
🫡🌟🏅👍👏🙏💙
we need better cops
they couldve stopped it
Try that in Texas.
The usual suspects.
Try this in Texas.
5 years mandatory for carrying a knife, will sion put en end to knife crime in U.K.
Politicians to blame!!! Strict laws are the only answer.
let me guess, it was a random attack and the father or son had no relations to these attackers…
their couldn't possibly be ANY motivation behind their actions, yeah… SELL FEAR SELL FEAR TO THE PUBLIC !
As British as Finchley.
This is UK today? Where is the Police? and did they get one of these bastards?
Joe Biden is responsible
Most British thing ever, their cops only have batons
Everyone is carrying a blade nowadays
This has absolute nothing to do with immigration.
I wonder why he didn't run as as far as he could and tried to get at least something to defend himself, he had some distance. Perhaps his purpose was to distract them so his son could flee
Wheres the racist comments towards these white people?
So this is what they mean by "checking white privilege"?
If only they had guns
civilized europe😀