Three teenagers have been found guilty of manslaughter after an aspiring 17-year-old rapper was stabbed to death in a row over a bicycle.

Fauz Richards, 19, of Belvoir Close, Eltham, and two 16-year-olds, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were convicted of killing Myron Yarde at the Old Bailey yesterday (Wednesday, December 7).

Myron, a student at the Big Creative Academy in Walthamstow who went by the stage name Mdot, died after being stabbed in the leg during an altercation in New Cross on April 3.

Two other women, Jamie Kennedy, 31, and Charlotte Edmonds, 32, both of Daubeney Tower, Deptford, were also convicted of conspiring with one of the killers to hide the knife used in the attack.

Myron, who lived in Deptford, and friends had been involved in a dispute over his stolen bike earlier that day and the stabbing was a culmination of the arguments between the two groups.

The fight began between the two groups after they confronted each other that evening on Camplin Street.

Myron was surrounded by the three youths and stabbed five times with two knives.

Four wounds were in Myron's left thigh area and the fifth wound entered his right thigh, passing into his femoral artery and vein, causing massive internal bleeding.

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Myron Yarde, 17, was killed in New Cross on April 3

He staggered a few yards down the road and collapsed. Despite the early assistance of members of the public and emergency services, Myron was later pronounced dead at Kings College Hospital.

One of the teenagers was arrested on April 7, after he was identified by a witness. The second and Richards were arrested after handing themselves in at Lewisham Police Station in April.

Edmonds and Kennedy were witnessed asking for help in disposing of a separate knife used in the attack. They was arrested on April 14 and subsequently charged and convicted.

All will be sentenced at the same court on January 13 next year.

DCI Rebecca Reeves, who led the investigation, said: "A young man's life has been lost, leaving his family absolutely distraught. Those responsible, also teenagers, now face significant prison sentences.

"All of this stemmed simply from an argument after Myron's bike was taken by a group of boys from another area.

"Without the presence of knives at this incident, this attack and its terrible consequences for family, friends, brave witnesses who gave evidence, and the whole community, could have been avoided."