Boy of 14 gets five years for killing Kory

JUDGE SLAMS 'UTTER MADNESS'

- By Grant McCabe

A BOY of 14 who killed a teenager after a row over £50 has been sentenced to five years' detention.

The attacker stabbed Kory McCrimmon, 16, in the heart after a confrontation in Greenfield Park in Glasgow's east end last May 31.

The pair were associated with rival gangs. Threats were earlier traded on social media.

The boy, who was 13 at the time and cannot be named due to his age, yesterday returned to the High Court in Glasgow.

He had earlier pleaded guilty to a charge of culpable homicide while acting under provocation.

Sentencing, Lord Mulholland reiterated that the killing, which stemmed from a gang fight, was "utter madness".

The judge, who said he had considered the guidelines for sentencing young people, also cut the term from seven and a half years due to the guilty plea.

The attacker will remain at Kibble Secure Unit in Paisley, Renfrewshire.