CCTV shows fatal fight as friends convicted of young man's killing

We've released CCTV showing a fight outside a bar in which a young man was stabbed to death, as three friends are convicted of his killing.

Ramani Sanderson attacked Shane Mayer with a machete after an innocuous exchange of words and glances rapidly escalated into a fatal confrontation.

Sanderson, aged 20, has been convicted of murder while pals Kamron Reid (20) and Joseph Till (21) – who both joined in the attack – were found guilty of manslaughter.

It’s a case that yet again lays bare the horrors of knife crime.

Shane was with friends at Gabbas Bar in Darlaston on a July night in 2019 when glances and words were exchanged with a passer-by.

It sparked a chain of events that, just 15 minutes later, saw Shane suffer a fatal stab wound which would tragically cut short his life.

Our detectives carried out a meticulous trawl of CCTV and plotted the offenders running away from the scene and splitting up to head to their home addresses.

We arrested all three within a matter of days - and seized their phones.

Sanderson’s phone included videos of him posing with a Zombie knife and talking about committing robberies, while Reid had similar ominous images of him with knives.

The video of Sanderson shows him laughing as he tosses the knife in the air and catches it. He seems to think showing off with weapons and making threats is a laugh, a game.

He's not laughing now. He'll be spending much of his adult life locked away in prison.

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