Jury finds three guilty of violent disorder after brawl in south London left 17-year-old with life-changing injuriesThree men have been found guilty of taking part in a violent brawl that left a Kurdish-Iranian student with life-changing injuries. Reker Ahmed, 17, suffered a fractured spine, a bleed on the brain and facial fractures after the incident in Croydon, south London, shortly after midnight on 31 March. On Thursday George Walder, 23, and Lliam Neylon, 19, both from Croydon, were each convicted of two counts of violent disorder for their involvement in the brawl. Three other defendants – Daryl Davis, 21, and his sister Danyelle Davis, 24, and Kyran Evans, 24 – were acquitted of two counts of violent disorder. A seventh defendant, James Neves, 23, of Beckenham, south London, pleaded guilty to a single charge of violent disorder ahead of trial.

Source: The Guardian November 09, 2017 16:22 UTC