Murder of Richard Everitt
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Richard Norman Everitt (6 December 1978 – 13 August 1994)[1] was a 15-year-old boy who was stabbed to death in London, England. Everitt's neighbourhood, Somers Town, had been the site of ethnic tensions. He was murdered by a gang of British Bangladeshis who were seeking revenge against another white boy. [2]
Badrul Miah, Showat Akbar, and Abdul Hai were tried in 1995.[3] Miah was given a life sentence, with minimum terms of 12 years. Akbar was sentenced to three years in custody for violent disorder. Abdul Hai was acquitted by the jury on the direction of Mrs Justice Steel, the trial judge, at the close of the prosecution case.[4]