Teenager stabbed to death after Facebook party is gatecrashed

[Jazzy]

A promising A-level student was stabbed to death after a quiet house party spiralled out of control when gatecrashers spotted an invite on Facebook.



Jay Whiston, 17, collapsed after being stabbed in the stomach during an altercation over a mobile phone at the party in a quiet suburb of Colchester, Essex.

Partygoers described how the well-behaved teenage gathering, at which the host’s parents were present, descended into chaos as a large number of uninvited guests turned up and began to cause trouble.



According to witnesses, Mr Whiston, who lived with his family in Clacton, was stabbed when he attempted to intervene in a row over a mobile phone.

Paramedics, who were called to Marlowe Way in Colchester shortly after 10pm on Saturday evening, rushed Mr Whiston to Colchester General Hospital but he was pronounced a short time later.



Last night his grieving mother Caroline Shearer, 47, warned parents everywhere of the devastating impact of knife crime.

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I think a better warning would be to stop broadcasting your party on Facebook. That's just my opinion. What's yours?

 

[Evil Eye]

Smooth pretty much summed it up.

I think a better warning would be to stop broadcasting your party on Facebook.

Yes, but it shouldn't have to be necessary to keep something like that from Facebook. That's just sad.

 

[Bluezone777]

In the article it reads that the party host had a problem with saying no to people when it came to who can come or not. I for the life of me do not see the sense in having such a large party when it's obvious that you could not keep an eye on what is going on due to the many people there. You could have an enjoyable experience with a dozen people and it would be a hell of a lot safer.



The host had invited 150 people to this party and the number actually there was around 200 so nice try on the whole blame the uninvited people for what happened when the fault lies with the host who didn't want to say no when it came to who was invited..

 

[Bluezone777]

I honestly have no idea what the hell I was thinking back there when it appears I left out the blame that went to the people who knifed this kid. They made a choice on their own and should pay the consequences but some of the blame goes to the people who created the atmosphere that allowed this to happen. That's what it should have read If I wasn't attempting to make posts in eight thirty in the morning after working all night back there.