Who Are You Trying To Fool?

Joseph's mother, Sarah, described in a statement following the case how she was still trying to come to terms with her son's death.

She said: 'Joseph was an amazing young man who had the world at his fingertips. He was kind, funny, caring, loyal and compassionate.

'His murder has left a huge hole in the lives of his family and friends and he will be forever loved and missed by us all.

'I will never forgive and never forget.'

Another innocent robbed from his family by savages, eh? 

Detective Chief Inspector Laura Harrison, from West Mildands Police's homicide unit, added: 'This is another young life lost to knife crime.

'Only those involved will know the reason for the attack, but no doubt it was not worth the price of a life, or the lengthy sentences that those convicted are facing.'

Woah, hold up there, Laura! It's no mystery at all, is it? After all, it all came out at the trial, didn't it?

Joseph, from Bartley Green, Birmingham, was in Stourbridge town centre with friends on the day of his murder, the court heard, when he spotted another group of teenagers and ran up to them at the bottom of High Street.

Joseph attacked two of them with a screwdriver before attempting to get into a car with his friends which had pulled up alongside him, jurors were told. But the teenager struggled to get into the car and ran off along Coventry Street as he was chased. Joseph was then attacked himself, suffering a fatal blow to the chest.

So who are you trying to fool? Us, or yourselves?