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May 19 2013
Three teenage boys who murdered a rough sleeper for a dare were handed tough jail sentences in April

Three teenage boys who murdered a rough sleeper for a dare were handed tough jail sentences in April.

Kevin Bennett, 53, was kicked to death outside an Iceland store in Liverpool in August of last year. Connor and Brandon Doran, aged 17 and 14, and Simon Evans, 14, were told they would be kept in jail until the Home Secretary allows them to be released.

The judge at the trial said the senseless attack was “a desperately sad reflection on this society”. He strongly criticised Linda Doran, the mother of two of the murderers, who tried to trick police by providing false information about where they were on the night of the attack.

The older brother, Connor, was described as the “leader of the pack” and was handed a 12-year jail sentence. His younger brother Brandon got six years for acting as the lookout, while Evans was jailed for eight years.

The judge described Ms Doran, whose eldest son Ryan is also in jail for murdering a stranger, as a “pathetic and tragic character” who had failed as a mother.

Leslie Morphy, chief executive of Crisis, said: “Sadly violent attacks against people sleeping rough are all too common. Homeless people are 13 times more likely to have experienced violence – much of it perpetrated by the general public.”

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