Overview

• Reehan Nezir received a nine-year prison sentence and the unnamed 14-year-old was ordered to serve four years and six months at Manchester Crown Court on July 31 after admitting manslaughter, robbery and possession of an offensive weapon.
• Isaac Brown, aged 15, was fatally stabbed in the chest at New Square shopping centre in West Bromwich on April 7, 2024, following a dispute that began with the earlier robbery of a 12-year-old in Smethwick.
• CCTV footage captured weapons being brandished during the late-night confrontation and showed the defendants fleeing before their arrest the next day.
• Wodensborough Ormiston Academy’s headteacher paid tribute to Isaac’s kindness and cautioned pupils about the real-world consequences of carrying knives during recent sessions.
• West Midlands Police have expanded their Guardian Taskforce alongside stepped-up educational visits in schools, a combined approach credited with contributing to a reduction in serious youth violence across the region.