Three teenagers who killed a 13-year-old boy over a social media row have been sentenced to custody in young offenders institutions.
A girl lured Olly Stephens to a field in Reading, Berkshire, where two boys lying in wait stabbed him to death.
The boys, aged 14, were found guilty of murder following a trial at Reading Crown Court. One was sentenced to 13 years and the other to 12 years.
The girl, 14, admitted manslaughter and was given three years and two months.
None of them can be identified for legal reasons.
Olly's killers believed he "grassed" on them to the brother of a boy they had mocked in a social media group chat, the trial heard.
Voice notes and text messages were presented to the jury in which the boys talked about taking revenge.
"He's actually getting banged when I see him," one message said.
Another added: "I actually hate the kid with a passion, like if I was to see him right now I'll probably end up killing him or something."
The girl was recruited to lure Olly to Bugs Bottom fields, near his home in Emmer Green, as part of a "set-up", the jury was told.
She suggested in messages exchanged before the killing that he deserved what was coming, describing it as "karma", the court heard.
Olly was filmed on a doorbell camera leaving his family home for the last time, looking at his phone as he walked to meet the girl.
He was stabbed twice when he arrived - one blade penetrated 17cm (6.5in) into his back, and another wound in his chest was 9cm (3.5in) deep, the jury heard.
Olly's parents have described receiving a knock on the door to tell them Olly had been stabbed.
They both rushed to the fields where they found their fatally injured son receiving CPR.
"The thing that sticks in my mind is when I went up to the field and everybody turned round - the horror was just written all over their faces," said Stuart Stephens, Olly's father.
Mr Stephens said he believed "social media has a lot to answer for" and claimed "it played a massive part in Olly's death".
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