Parents of boys sentenced for Jack Woodley murder question convictions

Ten life sentences handed out after 18-year-old fatally stabbed in Sunderland group attack

The mother of one of 10 boys sentenced for the joint-enterprise murder of Jack Woodley has said she is devastated" as her son had not murdered anyone".

A judge handed out 10 life sentences with minimum terms ranging from eight to 17 years at Newcastle crown court on Friday morning for the murder of 18-year-old Woodley, who died a day after an unprovoked attack by the group of boys in Houghton-le-Spring, Sunderland, last October.