Sentencing the men to between 13 and 26 years, Judge Bryant-Heron said: This was a carefully planned conspiracy, with the attack timed to have maximum impact and ensure maximum injury.
In a victim's statement read to the court, the mother of the injured seven-year-old said: I honestly thought I was going to lose my daughter. She asked me: Mummy, why is this happening to me?' For a seven-year-old girl to say that, to feel she had done something wrong, is heartbreaking.
Another victim spent four months in hospital and can no longer walk unaided. In her victim statement, she said: I have lost my physical and mental freedom. She added: A day that was meant to be about remembering my friends was turned upside down by the actions of these individuals.
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