Getaway driver jailed for murdering two teenage boys in Bristol

A getaway operator who helped 4 teenagers termination 2 boys with machetes during a lawsuit of mistaken individuality has been jailed for beingness for execution and volition service a minimum of 38 years successful prison.

Antony Snook, 45, drove Riley Tolliver, 18, and boys aged 15, 16 and 17 to and from Knowle West successful Bristol wherever they murdered Mason Rist and Max Dixon.

Mason, 15, and Max, 16, died from stab wounds aft being chased by the 4 equipped teenagers connected January 27 this year.

Tolliver and the 3 boys, who cannot beryllium named for ineligible reasons, had been driven to and from Knowle West by Snook arsenic portion of a revenge mission.

The 2 boys had been wrongly identified arsenic being liable for bricks being thrown astatine a location successful the rival Hartcliffe territory earlier that evening, Bristol Crown Court heard.

Around an hr aft that attack, Snook near the spot with 2 of the boys and picked up the different 2 successful a adjacent thoroughfare earlier heading to Knowle West.

His Audi Q2 was driven astir Knowle West for astatine slightest 12 minutes earlier the attack.

Snook drove down Ilminster Avenue erstwhile they saw Mason and Max successful the thoroughfare arsenic they went for a pizza – wrongly believing they had spotted those liable for the attack.

Tolliver, who had a shot bat, and the 3 teenagers equipped with machetes jumped retired of the car and chased aft the 2 boys.

Max and Mason are seen going to antithetic sides of the street, each pursued by 2 radical from the vehicle.

Tolliver and the 15-year-old lad attacked Mason portion the 16-year-old lad and 17-year-old lad chased Max.

The 17-year-old lad besides struck Mason, who was lying injured connected the ground, arsenic helium headed backmost to the Audi aft attacking Max.

A CCTV camera connected Mason’s adjacent location captured however the onslaught lasted conscionable 33 seconds from the car pulling up to the teenagers getting backmost successful and leaving.

Mason and Max sustained fatal stab injuries and some died successful infirmary successful the aboriginal hours of January 28.

Snook, a one-legged scenery gardener, drove the teenagers from the country and dropped them disconnected successful Knowle West.

A occurrence was lit successful a backmost plot and items linked to the onslaught disposed of.

Snook, of Dowling Road, Bristol, was convicted by the assemblage past week of 2 counts of execution pursuing a six-week trial.

Passing sentence, Mrs Justice May described Snook’s actions arsenic “so anemic and cowardly” and said helium could person refused to instrumentality the “posse of equipped teenagers” to the scene.

She told him: “You assisted the equipped boys. You knew they were carrying weapons.

“With knives successful their hands and revenge successful their minds, a precise superior result was a certainty.

“Death was a substance of chance. You were the lone adult. There were aggregate opportunities for you to halt this madness.”

Members of Max and Mason’s families wept and embraced aft the condemnation was passed, portion Snook remained emotionless.

The 4 teenagers volition beryllium sentenced connected December 16 pursuing the mentation of reports.