Court Teen admits knife attack on stranger

A TEENAGER has been sentenced for stabbing a 17-year-old stranger with a large Rambo knife just hours before he murdered two boys in Bristol.

- Claire HAYHURST

The 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm, criminal damage and being in possession of an offensive weapon with a 25.5em blade.

Bristol Crown Court heard the offences took place in the early hours of January 27 2024, which was the same day as Max Dixon, 16, and Mason Rist, 15, were killed in Knowle West.

Judge Peter Blair KC sentenced the boy to four years’ detention with a further three years on licence for the knife attack, which took place in Bishopsworth.

The youth will serve this sentence concurrently to the detention for life with a minimum term of 18 years and 44 days he received for the murders of Max and Mason, who he did not physically attack.

Judge Blair told him: “The circumstances were horrific.

“A young man, then aged 17, was driving a car with some passengers. He turned down a road that he hadn't intended to find himself on and there you were and flagged the car down. Once he had opened the window, you set about trying to stab him through the driver’s window with a fearsome and highly dangerous weapon.

“You stabbed him in the arm and the leg but most seriously, you cut his right hand and his middle finger in particular, causing terrible damage to his tendons and nerve.

“The other people in the car began to look as though they were going to try to get out and you then set about hitting windows with your knife.