A talented musician who stabbed a student eight times with a 13-inch 'mafia stiletto' knife as he walked home from a party has been jailed for 15 years.
"Luke was not looking for a fight that night. The court has seen the CCTV that proves this. It was not in his DNA," she said. Addressing the defendant, she said: "This person has shown no remorse and has not taken any responsibility for his actions. I refuse for your name to pass my lips because you don't deserve it. You took his last breath. You tore our hearts out and shattered our lives."
A statement from Luke's father, Jason O'Connor, was also read to the court on his behalf by the prosecution. In it, he told of his devastation at the loss of his youngest child. Sentencing Pottinger, Judge Nicholas Dean KC said: "Many parents feel a sense of 'trepidation' when their children go off to university.
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