A 15-year-old boy has been detained for 10 years for the manslaughter of a man during a drug deal gone wrong in Macclesfield.
The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found guilty of manslaughter and conspiracy to commit robbery following a trial at Liverpool Crown Court. He was cleared of the more serious charge of murder.
The court heard that the boy and a 28-year-old man had gone to Devon Close on 6 May to buy crack cocaine from Ian Schofield. An argument broke out, and the boy pulled a knife from his waistband and stabbed the 37-year-old victim in the stomach before fleeing the scene.
Mr Schofield, known locally as "Legs", later died in hospital. The 28-year-old man, who also cannot be named, was jailed for five years after being found guilty of conspiracy to commit robbery.
CPS senior crown prosecutor Angela Rowan said: "The teenager is still a child with his life ahead of him but he, at such a tender age, has been jailed for one of the most serious crimes. He has ruined his life at the same time that he took the life of another."
