Overview

• Mikey Roynon, a 16-year-old drill rapper, was fatally stabbed with a zombie-style knife at a Bath party in June 2023 by Shane Cunningham, who was later sentenced to life for murder.
• Cunningham’s two accomplices, Cartel Bushnell and Leo Knight, were convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to nine-and-a-half years each in Bristol Youth Court.
• The Channel 5 documentary ‘The Real Adolescence: Our Killer Kids,’ aired on May 8, 2025, examines the 300% rise in youth murder convictions in England and Wales since 2016.
• Mikey’s mother, Hayley Ryall, appears in the documentary, sharing her grief and advocating for knife crime prevention through grassroots initiatives like bleed-kit installations and VR empathy training.
• Zombie-style knives, used in Mikey’s murder, were banned in England and Wales in 2024 as part of ongoing efforts to curb youth violence and weapon-related crime.