Pair cleared of murdering Alexander Cashford, who they believed was a paedophile, but convicted of manslaughter
Two teenagers have been found guilty of killing a man they believed was a paedophile by luring him to a beach where another teenager threw rocks at him.
A 16-year-old girl and 15-year-old boy were cleared of murdering Alexander Cashford, 49, but convicted of the secondary charge of manslaughter at Woolwich crown court.
The attack took place in Leysdown-on-Sea on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent on 10 August last year after Cashford had given his phone number to the girl two days earlier.
A 16-year-old boy who was also involved in the attack previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter. The three defendants cannot be legally named because of their ages.
