Killing of Damilola Taylor

Killing of Damilola Taylor
Date27 November 2000 (2000-11-27)
LocationPeckham, London, England
ConvictedRicky Preddie, Danny Preddie
ChargesManslaughter
VerdictGuilty
ConvictionsManslaughter

On 27 November 2000, ten-year-old Nigerian schoolboy Damilola Taylor was killed in London, in what became one of the United Kingdom's most high-profile killings. Two brothers  who were 12 and 13 at the time of the killing  were convicted of manslaughter in 2006.