A High Wycombe teenager was handed a life sentence today for his part in the murder of an 18-year-old man just yards from his home.

Khianni Gordon, aged 18, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 19 years for murder, and 18 months' imprisonment in a young offenders institution (to run concurrently) for perverting the course of justice.

Kaneel Huggins, aged 19, also from High Wycombe, was sentenced to nine years' imprisonment in a young offenders institution for manslaughter plus 12 months' imprisonment (to run consecutively) in for perverting the course of justice.

Antwon Clarke, aged 18, also from High Wycombe, was sentenced to nine years' imprisonment in a young offenders institution for manslaughter.

Slough teenager Wa-ays Dhaye was ambushed, repeatedly stabbed and left for dead in a brutal attack in Slough on August 31 last year.

The victim, who was on his way back from Notting Hill Carnival at the time of the attack, was taken to Wexham Park Hospital where he died the following day.

The trio initially blamed the attack on the cousin of 13-year-old Kyrece Francis, who died while swimming with friends in 2014, but the jury did not believe their story and instead found them guilty of the crime.

Senior Investigating Officer, Det Chief Insp Kevin Brown from the Major Crime unit said: "A family has lost their loved one in an incredibly devastating and traumatic way.

"There is no punishment that will change what has happened, or bring Wa-ays back, and I do not expect the sentences to help ease their pain.

"I can only hope that the knowledge that the people who killed Wa-ays are behind bars will give his family some comfort.

"I would like to offer again my sincere condolences to Wa-ays' family members and thank them for their humility throughout the trial. Our thoughts remain with them."

The five-week trial concluded on April 8.