*Two teenagers detained for life after murdering a stranger in an unprovoked racist attack have had their case referred to the appeals court, to see if their sentences are too lenient.*
*The pair attacked Kamran Aman as he was delivering groceries to his mother’s home in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan.*
*The 38-year-old was stabbed through the heart and subjected to racist abuse as he lay dying on the floor of a neighbour’s house.*
*Now Marcus Staniforth, 17, and a 16-year-old who cannot be named for legal reasons, could have their sentences extended.*
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*’Mr Aman was defending himself, but he was never the aggressor. All Marcus and MSL had to do was to stop fighting and go back into the house and it would all be over. They both knew that. They both wanted to carry on. They both wanted to win the fight MSL had started.*
*’Marcus wanted to win it with a knife. So he got the knife, came back, hid it behind his back so no-one would realise what he was about to do, and then he stabbed Mr Aman through the heart, hoping he would die. He did die, there, on the street.*
*’MSL didn’t know about the knife until afterwards, but he was happy to see Mr Aman on the ground and he went off shouting “N—-r, n—-r.”‘*
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Curious, why can the 17 yo be named, but not the 16yo?
Excerpts from [article](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yej4m190po) by the BBC’s Andy Gourlay:
*Two teenagers detained for life after murdering a stranger in an unprovoked racist attack have had their case referred to the appeals court, to see if their sentences are too lenient.*
*The pair attacked Kamran Aman as he was delivering groceries to his mother’s home in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan.*
*The 38-year-old was stabbed through the heart and subjected to racist abuse as he lay dying on the floor of a neighbour’s house.*
*Now Marcus Staniforth, 17, and a 16-year-old who cannot be named for legal reasons, could have their sentences extended.*
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From the [sentencing remarks](https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Sentencing-remarks-Marcus-STANIFORTH-and-MSL.pdf) of Justice Griffiths:
*’Mr Aman was defending himself, but he was never the aggressor. All Marcus and MSL had to do was to stop fighting and go back into the house and it would all be over. They both knew that. They both wanted to carry on. They both wanted to win the fight MSL had started.*
*’Marcus wanted to win it with a knife. So he got the knife, came back, hid it behind his back so no-one would realise what he was about to do, and then he stabbed Mr Aman through the heart, hoping he would die. He did die, there, on the street.*
*’MSL didn’t know about the knife until afterwards, but he was happy to see Mr Aman on the ground and he went off shouting “N—-r, n—-r.”‘*