Boy cleared over bus stabbing

A jury has acquitted a 17-year-old boy of stabbing a teenager to death on a busy bus in Croydon, Greater London.

The incident, which took place in Whitehorse Lane, South Norwood, on Sunday 8th March, saw 17-year-old Damani Mauge attacked on a 130 single-decker bus.

The jury at the Old Bailey, the chief criminal court for England and Wales, also cleared the defendant of manslaughter.

The court did, however, find the boy — unnamed for legal reasons — guilty of possessing an offensive weapon, and will sentence him at a later date.