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A machete-wielding teenager who murdered a "defenceless" father in front of a young child in a park, has been jailed.
Tieran Carmody, 19, attacked Max Richardson after the 35-year-old and others asked asked him what he was doing hanging around a park in Harlow, Essex.
Carmody produced a machete and approached the group, who held their hands in the air.
“They were surrendering,” prosecutor Andrew Jackson told jurors during the trial. “It demonstrated that they did not have any intention of harming the man who had a machete. The defendant had every intention of himself causing harm with that machete."
An altercation followed and Mr Richardson, a father of three children aged 13, six and two, was punched and knocked to the ground.
He added: "He walked to Mr Richardson who had got to his feet and had his hands in the air. He was defenceless.”
The fatal stabbing, through the stomach, took place in front of a young child, the court was told.
Jailed for life with a minimum term of 26 years
