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Pair jailed for life for murdering Wolverhampton teenager Terrell Marshall-Williams

Two men have been jailed for life for murdering a teenager in a frenzied attack at a flat in Wolverhampton.

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Terrell Marshall-Williams. Photo: West Midlands Police

Terrell Marshall-Williams, aged 16, was stabbed eight times with a 'Rambo style' knife at the flat in Warnford Walk, Merry Hill, on September 18 last year and died of his injuries.

In May his killers Omari Lauder, aged 24, of Wolverhampton Street, in Darlaston, and Mpho Obi, aged 23, of Strathfield Walk, Merry Hill, in Wolverhampton were both found guilty of his murder. They will serve a combined minimum term of 50 years.

The pair were also found guilty of possessing an offensive weapon and Obi had admitted possessing cannabis and heroin with intent to supply before the trial.

Obi was locked up for a mimimum term of 27 years for murder with two years to be served for the offensive weapon charge and five years and seven months for the drugs offence, both to be served concurrently.

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