Man, 45, and four teens guilty of murdering two boys in case of mistaken identity

Four teenagers and a 45-year-old antheral murdered 2 boys with machetes successful a lawsuit of mistaken identity.

Mason Rist, 15, and Max Dixon, 16, died from stab wounds aft being chased by 4 equipped teenagers connected January 27 this twelvemonth successful the Knowle West country of Bristol.

Riley Tolliver, 18, a 16-year-old boy, a 17-year-old lad and getaway operator Antony Snook, 45, were recovered blameworthy of murder.

A 15-year-old lad was besides recovered blameworthy of the execution of Max aft antecedently pleading blameworthy to the execution of Mason.

Tolliver, and the 3 boys, who cannot beryllium named for ineligible reasons, had been driven to and from Knowle West by Antony Snook, 45, 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.

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.

The Audi Q2 was driven astir Knowle West for astatine slightest 12 minutes earlier the attack, the assemblage was told.

Snook drove down Ilminster Avenue and erstwhile they saw Mason and Max successful the thoroughfare they wrongly believed they had spotted those liable for the attack.

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