Overview

• Sean McLeod, 23, was given life imprisonment with a 23-year minimum after stabbing Lewis Bell in the back during the September 2024 chase.
• Liam Matthews received an extended 18-year sentence for manslaughter after slashing Bell with a metal chisel and stamping on him as he lay dying.
• Eighteen-year-old Ashton White was sentenced to 10 years in a young offenders’ institution following his manslaughter conviction.
• Macauley Wright pleaded guilty to assisting offenders and was jailed for three years after arranging a taxi for the attackers to flee the scene.
• The fatal attack, captured on residential CCTV, was motivated by a belief that Bell had stolen £20 and has raised questions about early-release policies after Matthews had been freed hours earlier.