Sword killers face life terms for murdering schoolboy

Two 15-year-old killers who stabbed a schoolboy to death with a sword hidden in a walking stick are facing life sentences. Fares Maatou, 14, died from his injuries after the weapon was plunged deep into his back outside the Love Choco cafe in Canning Town, east London, on 23 April last year. The 15-year-olds, who cannot be named, denied but were unanimously convicted by an Old Bailey jury of murder after a three-week trial. The jury had deliberated for just…