Teenager who stabbed boy, 16, to death at party jailed

A teenager will be jailed for a minimum of 16 years after stabbing a boy to death with a large hunting-style knife at a house party.

Mikey Roynon, 16, was killed in Bath in June last year, when he was stabbed in the back of the neck.

The teenager who murdered him, who is also 16, can now be named as Shane Cunningham after a High Court judge lifted an order preventing him from being named.

At a sentencing at Bristol Crown Court on Friday, Mr Justice Saini imposed a life sentence with a minimum of 16 years in custody before he can be considered for parole.

Two of the youth's friends, 16-year-olds Cartel Bushnell and Leo Knight, were convicted of manslaughter after being acquitted of murder.

During the trial, Cunningham claimed he was acting in self-defence when he stabbed Mikey Roynon, after saying he had swung a knife towards his friends in the garden of the property.

Mikey was left bleeding heavily from a wound to his neck and collapsed on the driveway outside the venue in Eastfield Avenue, Weston.

Police, paramedics and doctors were sent quickly to the scene, but could not save his life.

The three defendants left the area and later disposed of their weapons, with two recovered by the police.

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