Boy, 17, jailed for murder after strangling his sister and stabbing her multiple times because she was 'annoying'
Daily MailA 17-year-old boy has been jailed for the brutal murder of his 'annoying' older sister. Mali Bennett-Smith fatally stabbed his older sister, 19-year-old Luka Bennett-Smith, at the home they shared on Cromwell Road in Bristol on 20 October 2024. Mali Bennett-Smith was sentenced to a minimum term of detention of 10 years and five months on Monday after pleading guilty to the murder of his sister Pictures of the crime scene at Cromwell Road following the murder on 20 October 2024 Twenty minutes after the killing he dialled 999 and said: 'I stabbed my sister to death. Judge William Hart said today at Bristol Crown Court: 'It's often said in courtrooms when a child has died: 'It must be every parent's worst nightmare'. Forensic investigators pictured at the scene where the girls body was found at 6:30pm on October 20 Mali and Luka Bennett-Smith lived together at a home on Cromwell Road in the St Andrew's area of Bristol He said the use of a knife, the fact Bennett-Smith 'undoubtedly intended to kill' and the brutality were aggravating features.
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