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Teenager Sentenced to Life for Christmas Day Murder

18-year-old Kersharn Dockeray-Barnett convicted of killing Reece Connor in Nottingham following a dispute.

  • Kersharn Dockeray-Barnett, 18, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 19 years.
  • Dockeray-Barnett was found guilty of murdering Reece Connor, 29, on Christmas Day last year.
  • The murder occurred near Crown Island in Nottingham following an earlier altercation in an underpass.
  • Dockeray-Barnett claimed self-defense, but the jury rejected this, attributing the act to revenge.
  • The victim's partner, Courtney Newton, expressed the profound impact of the murder on her family.
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