Overview

• In August 2012, brothers Connor (17) and Brandon Doran (14) and their friend Simon Evans beat homeless father Kevin Bennett in a 20-minute attack that led to Bennett’s death from infection six days later.
• Connor received a life sentence with a minimum 12-year term, Brandon was jailed for six years and Evans initially got eight years before a judge cut his term by one year in 2018 for exceptional behaviour.
• In March 2012, older brother Ryan Doran was convicted of killing Wayne Mitchell and handed a life sentence with a 15-year minimum term.
• Their mother, Linda Doran, served 31 months for providing a false alibi and a sibling was jailed for contempt of court after photographing the trial.
• A court order that initially anonymised the teenage defendants was lifted at sentencing in the public interest, highlighting debates over naming youth offenders.