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Boy, 13, becomes one of Britain's youngest convicted murderers after stamping on woman's face in brutal robbery

A 13-year-old killer has become one of Britain's youngest ever convicted murderers.

Petri Kurti, 13, was sentenced to a minimum of 12 years in detention yesterday after being found guilty of murdering Glynis Bensley, 47, in a violent robbery.

Glynis was punched in the head and had her face stamped on before she was stripped of her money, mobile phone, cigarettes and jewellery in Smethwick, West Midlands.

Fellow defendant 20-year-old Zoheb Majid was found guilty of manslaughter and robbery and sentenced to 10 years in a young offenders institution at Wolverhampton Crown Court today.

Kurti can be named after a judge lifted reporting restrictions which would have granted him anonymity due to the severity of the crime.

However, his picture cannot be published.

A trial at the same court heard in March how the pair had planned a robbery two weeks before the killing in September.


Speaking out for the first time, Glynis' brothers John and Kevin and sister Dawn called her attackers 'cowards'.

Kevin, 53, said: "Glynis had walked down that road for 30 years and never had a problem.

"She had lived in Smethwick all her life.

"Robberies and muggings happen everywhere, she never felt she was in any danger."

The siblings told of their shock when they found out what happened.
John, 60, said: "We couldn't get over it, it didn't sink in until the next morning.

"This is the kind of thing that always happens to other people."

For sister Dawn, the shock hit her hard. The pair lived together and were often mistaken as twins despite Dawn being nine years Glynis' senior.

And she was at home when the attack took place just yards from the house they shared.
Glynis had been at the local pub when she was targeted on her walk home on September 3, 2014.

The young killer hit her and knocked her to the ground before he was joined by Majid on a bicycle.

They robbed her and the youngster stamped on the victim's face with such force that he left a footprint on her cheek.

Glynis later died from a severe bleed in the brain.

The youngster fled to a nearby park where he was overheard talking about the incident while Majid was overheard talking about selling a stolen gold bracelet.

The youngster handed himself in to police five days later and Majid was arrested two days after that.
John added: "It opens your eyes to a different world.

"He went home at 4 o'clock in the morning – that is not normal for a 13-year-old.

"They are cowards, the way they did it. She was an easy target.

"Justice has now been done.

"If it hadn't happened to Glynis it would have happened to someone else.

"They seemed a bit arrogant in court, there was no remorse.

"They are not sorry they have been court."

At the time of Majid and the 13-year-old's convictions, Det Ch Insp Sam Ridding said: "It was clearly the joint intention of the pair to use violence on anyone they targeted: they were in it together as the CCTV showed - they arrived within seconds of each other.

"Ms Bensley was tragically in the wrong place at the wrong time and was randomly picked out by the pair believing that she was a man and that she was wearing a gold bracelet.

"The brutal attack was captured on CCTV lasting 32 seconds.


 Credit: Daily Mirror

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