Aged just 16, L'Vaion Peniston had already racked up an unenviable criminal record. His involvement with knives began at school, and was the first step in a worrying path of escalation.

Aged just 14, he would go on to kill another teenager in the street. Kennie Carter happened to be his unfortunate victim, the pair crossing paths as he walked home. Kennie was a 'fun' 16-year-old, the youngest of four siblings, who had his whole life ahead of him.

He was his mum Joan's 'baby'. But he became another young victim of knife crime on Greater Manchester's streets.

His killer, now serving at least 17 years in custody as part of the youth equivalent of a life sentence after being found guilty of murder, can be named for the first time after he turned 18.

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