17-Year-Old Sentenced for Tom Ellis Murder

A 17-year-old, who was 16 at the time of the stabbing, has been sentenced to life with a minimum of 13 years for the murder of Tom Ellis, a 25-year-old sportsman. The attack occurred on June 8 near Nuneaton's Ropewalk Shopping Centre, where CCTV footage captured the youth inflicting a single stab wound to Ellis's chest with a large hunting knife. Following the incident, the teenager asked his mother to pick up a takeaway he had ordered prior to the attack. Prosecutor Peter Grieves-Smith noted that while the defendant was volatile and regularly carried knives, the murder was not premeditated. The defense argued that the youth has shown remorse and wished he could change places with the victim. The court heard that the incident stemmed from a brief verbal exchange between the two parties before the stabbing took place.