LONDON (Reuters) - Three teenagers were jailed for life on Friday after stabbing a father to death and wounding another man in what police described as five minutes of random violence.
Kevin Johnson, 22, died after confronting the youths outside his Sunderland home.
Minutes after the stabbing, they carried out another random attack, stabbing a man on his way to a petrol station. He survived, despite a wound to his chest.
Both were left for dead after the attacks, which occurred in the early hours of May 19, the court heard.
Tony Hawkes, 17, Dean Curtis, 19, and Jordan Towers, 16, all from Sunderland, were found guilty of murder and wounding with intent at Newcastle Crown Court.
Hawkes was sentenced to a minimum of 16 years, Curtis to a minimum of 17 years and Towers to at least 13 years.
Johnson's father, John, said outside court: "It's is a long
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