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Four men have been sent to prison for life for killing 17 year old boy who was chased out of a birthday party by attackers carrying champagne and brandy bottles.

Kevin Chibueze was fatally stabbed inside the east London nightclub where the party was being held.
He was chased again and attacked with glass and broken bottles, the Old Bailey heard. As he collapsed, Kelvin was hear saying that he couldn’t breathe as he clutched on to his chest.
Dale Williams, 21, was given a minimum term of 26 years, Lerone Boye, 26, was given 28 years, Roger Damali, 31, received 23 years and Hugo Nwankwo, 18, was given 16 years. The men, all from east London, were found guilty of murder last month.
The death followed a clash between two groups of males at the Arteflex Club in Ilford High Road, east London, in the early hours of 15 August last year.
Judge John Bevan condemned the wall of silence which surrounded the case. He said the way silence has had engulfed over the main participants in the case spoke volumes as to the cowardice and moral bankruptcy on both sides of the parties.
He was hinting about the witnesses in the case who refused to speak out and avenge the death of their 17 year old friend.
Richard Whittam QC, prosecuting, said that inside the club Kelvin had been confronted by youths brandishing knives.
He described how a woman working at the bar saw people pushing backwards towards the bar. Whittam said the woman saw a number of 'boys' picking up champagne and Hennessy brandy bottles from the bar and running out of the club with them.
Outside the club, Kelvin's friends ran off and Kelvin was stabbed again by two men in an adjoining car park near Ilford police station. Police recovered four knives from the area which had traces of Kelvin's blood on them.
Whittam said the killing was brought about by the endemic carrying of knives by young men.
A postmortem examination found Kelvin died from the stab to the chest but he had also been stabbed on his left forearm, left buttock and on one of his palms.
Detective Sergeant Mark Romain, of the homicide and serious crime command, said later that Kelvin Chibueze was ruthlessly attacked, chased and left to die.
He added that the violence used brutally ended a young man’s life and showed scant regard for the safety of others at the busy venue.