Youth sentenced to life for murder of sports enthusiast

An “unstable and uncontrollable” teenager, who was 16 when he stabbed a man to death, has been sentenced to at least 13 years in prison.

CCTV footage captured the moment the youth, now 17, attacked Tom Ellis near the Ropewalk shopping centre in Nuneaton on June 8.

A keen sportsman, Mr Ellis was out with his girlfriend and others to celebrate his 25th birthday when he was stabbed in the chest with a large hunting knife.

Immediately afterwards, the 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, asked his mother to collect a takeaway he had ordered before the attack, the court heard.

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