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 hostââ¬â¢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?