Man guilty of killing teenager who crashed stolen moped into lamppost

A man has been found guilty of killing a teenage phone snatcher who crashed a stolen moped into a lamppost after suffering fatal knife wounds.

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00:00An old Bailey jury deliberated for an hour and a half to find 22-year-old Francie McCaffey

00:10from Islington guilty of manslaughter. But he was cleared of murder. The court heard

00:17how 16-year-old Deontay Moat Slater, who was caught in January of 2023 for snatching

00:25mobile phones while riding a bike and previously convicted of stealing a bicycle the year earlier

00:32and crashed his moped moments after he was stabbed in the neck and chest. Paramedics only

00:41realised he had been attacked and was not the victim of a road traffic crash after they

00:48uncovered his injuries. Jurors were told Deontay probably passed out before he collided with

00:56a lamppost as he attempted to ride away from his killer. The prosecution had asserted that

01:04Deontay was stabbed after getting into an argument with McCaffey after their paths crossed in

01:12Courtauld Road. However, giving evidence, McCaffey claimed he thought he was going to be robbed

01:21by the teenager. McCaffey claimed the teenager became injured when he waved a knife around

01:29in self-defence and Deontay rode into him on the moped. McCaffey was remanded into custody

01:38to be sentenced on the 30th of October.