Boy, 14, cried ‘I want my mum' as he was knifed 27 times on bus on way home from school – as smiling teen killers jailed
Kelyan Bokassa suffered a fatal blow to his leg after he was attacked with a machete in Woolwich, South East London.
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Kelyan Bokassa, 14, was killed as he made his way home from school
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Two teens have now pleaded guilty to murder
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Two boys aged 15 and 16, who cannot legally be named, were today locked up for life after they admitted murder.
The killers, who both have previous convictions for carrying blades in public, will serve at least 15 years and 10 months before being eligible for parole.
The court previously heard how Kelyan was attacked on the Route 472 bus on January 7.
Prosecutor Deanna Heer KC said the teen killers had boarded the vehicle armed with identical machetes hidden in their clothes.
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The pair walked towards Kelyan "with purpose" and withdrew their blades before immediately stabbing him without uttering a word to their victim.
Ms Heer said: "Since Kelyan Bokassa was seated on the back seat, he was cornered, unable to escape as the defendants repeatedly thrust their knives towards him, smiling as they did so."
The attack lasted around 14 seconds - with the killers thrusting the machetes towards Kelyan 27 times.
Passengers heard terrified Kelyan screaming "Help. Help. I've been stabbed" as one of the blows severed his femoral artery.
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He managed to stumble down the stairs, where he begged: "Take me to my mum's. I want my mum".
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One of the machetes was discarded in the River Thames but was later recovered.
Kelyan's mum previously claimed the teen was
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Mary, 50, told how she would find him on park benches at night and beg him to come home after he was taken into care four years ago.
On her unsuccessful legal battle to get him back, she told The Sun on Sunday: 'I tried to prevent it. I screamed. I said, 'My son is going to be killed'.'
In a victim impact statement, she told how her son is now at peace while his killers are "going to have a really tough time".
Mary added: "I ask myself what has happened to those two boys that has resulted in that terrible act of violence, and I cannot imagine how can they be so angry.
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"What they did was horrific and I do not know what has led them to do this, and maybe I will never."
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Mum Mary previously spoke out about her son's death
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