Anger in court as jury clears teenager of murdering footballer

The father of a young footballer who was knifed to death ‘for no good reason or sense whatsoever’ had to be escorted from court by police as the alleged killer walked free. Lemuel Lee, 18, was accused of killing 17-year-old Aren Mali as he acted as peacemaker in a row involving his 15-year-old friend. Aren was fatally stabbed in the neck in Croydon’s main shopping street, North End, and ran for 100 metres pursued by his attacker before he collapsed…