Teens found guilty of murdering boy, 15, in park

Two teenage boys have been convicted of murdering a 15-year-old boy in a dispute over £40.

The 16-year-old boys lured Luis Guembes to Stoke Park in Guildford in January then stabbed him to death.

A jury at Guildford Crown Court found the teenagers guilty of murder on Tuesday.

Their trial heard the boys, who were aged 15 and 16 at the time of the attack, had agreed to rob Guembes in order to settle "a debt he owed concerning a broken mobile phone".

The older boy had admitted charges of conspiracy to rob and possession of a bladed article. The jury convicted the younger boy of the same additional charges.

Both teenagers, who cannot be named due to their age, are due to be sentenced on 18 December.

"There are no winners, it is invariably sad for everyone involved," said Ms Justice Norton.

She told the court: "The sentence for murder is fixed by law - it is a life sentence.

"I require reports from a number of different bodies."

Norton continued: "Louis' family have a right to tell me what the effect of his death has been on them and they need time to process that and prepare a statement on that."

The court heard that one teenager met Guembes in Guildford on 19 January before walking with him to Stoke Park, where the other waited.

Prosecutors said Guembes, as part of a "ruse concocted to lure him to the park", had been told he was going there to rob another boy.

Both attackers had knives but their victim did not, jurors were told.

They heard Guembes had tried to fight back despite being outnumbered but was stabbed multiple times. He was left at the scene as his killers fled.

Emergency services were called by members of the public but the 15-year-old was pronounced dead in the park.

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