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THREE CHARGED WITH FATHER MURDER

Kevin Johnson, 22, with his seven-month-old son

Monday May 21,2007

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Three teenagers have been charged with the murder of a young father who was stabbed to death outside his home.

Kevin Johnson, 22, was stabbed in the early hours of Saturday as he argued with a group of youths outside his home in Partick Road, Sunderland.

Three teenagers, aged 16, 17 and 18, have been charged by police.

A spokesman for Northumbria Police said: "A 16-year-old and a 17-year-old youth, both from the Sunderland area, have today been charged with the murder of Kevin Johnson.

Later, a Northumbria Police spokesman said: "An 18-year-old man has also been charged tonight with murder.

"Dean Curtis, 18, of Forest Road, Sunderland, has been charged with murder along with the two youths mentioned earlier and all three are remanded in custody to appear before Sunderland magistrates (on Tuesday) morning."

Mr Johnson leaves a 26-year-old partner and a seven-month-old baby boy called Chase.

Mr Johnson's murder follows the stabbing to death of 15-year-old Shane Jackson in Newcastle upon Tyne last week and the murder of 16-year-old Mark Smith on May 3, also in Newcastle.

SAVAGES AND SOFT LAWS

22.05.07, 1:31pm

I moved away from the UK 17 years ago as I felt then that violence was becoming ordinary news and I didn' t want to bring my boys up in a Uk city - I was thinking ahead and what I predicted at the time has been proved.
Everyday I read about senseless attacks with knives or other arms by savage louts who think it's fun to cut somebody up and destroy lives, they know that they will probably escape and if they do go to prison for a few months then they are actually proud to brag about it, indeed, in their society it is a necessary part of a thugs education to do a bit of time and learn how to be 'harder' when 'inside'.
If however, their was a death penalty for murder then maybe the'd think again and if the person they'd attacked was lucky enough not to die then at least 20 years with no parole should do the trick.
STOP being so soft with these murdering sociopaths who stab people for fun!
Everyday I thank my intuition for making me leave the UK. That's very sad.

• Posted by: karen1 • Report Comment

REMEMBER THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE VICTIM AND HIS FAMILY!

21.05.07, 11:32pm

And shove your poor children with a bad upbringing excuses up your posteriors, many children have deprived childhoods but only evil scum go out and kill.

The PC brigade created these conditions make excuses for everything until they graduate into cold blooded killers and someone else pays the ultimate price.

I would only have one sentence for scum that kills indescriminately and that would be DONORS keep them sedated and harvest their organs for those that deserve to live!

• Posted by: The_Way_I_See_It • Report Comment

PUT THEM TO DEATH

21.05.07, 10:28pm

Young lives gets taken everyday, now here is another stabbing of an innocent young person,we all need more police on the beat and stiffer sentences for those who kill, or better still put them to death, you will see the murder count go down then

• Posted by: seaqueenuk • Report Comment