“The final internet chatroom exchange took place on 28 June last year. ‘U want me 2 take him 2 trafford centre and kill him in the middle of trafford centre??’ said one message. ‘Yes,’ came the reply.

Less than 24 hours later, a 14-year-old boy was critically ill in hospital with stab wounds in the chest and stomach. At first it seemed as though a brutal, but straightforward, robbery had gone wrong. But yesterday the young ‘victim’ became the first person in this country to be convicted of inciting their own murder.” (Guardian.UK)