Mikey Roynon's mother speaks after three teenagers sentenced over son's murder

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The mother of murdered teenager Mikey Roynon spoke outside Bristol Crown Court on Friday 3 May.
Hayley Ryall said she was "pleased with the sentences" after three boys were sentenced over the killing of her 16-year-old son in June 2023.
One was sentenced to life in prison while two others were handed nine-year sentences each.
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@E_Rex_Sean 4 ай бұрын

*Weird how back in the day murder was so obscene that you still remember the names of the killers.* *Now it happens so often it’s like we’re being desensitised to it. I wonder what changed …*

@TayWoode 4 ай бұрын

And they always make a big point if it’s a white one and there has to be public vigils and outrage. If they’re not white it seems to be forgotten about pretty quick as if they don’t want you to think it happens.

@thebodykeepsthescore2828 4 ай бұрын

What changed? The Internet, that's what. With so much access to social media and news, it feels like everything is getting worse. It's not, it's always been this way!

@E_Rex_Sean 4 ай бұрын

@@thebodykeepsthescore2828 You do know that the news was still around back then regardless of how quick the speed of information was, it was still spread to people via newspapers and radio. To say that that things haven’t got worse goes against actual figures today showing that is has. The crime rate is through the roof, way higher than it was back then the data shows.

@NosyFella 4 ай бұрын

@@E_Rex_Sean no it is not through the roof. Youth crime was objectively worse in the 90s and early 2000s. The number of news outlets today is astronomical compared with previous decades.

@GrantCoppin-Brown 4 ай бұрын

It’s obvious what’s changed- ask LBC Radio , BBC , what they won’t , show .

@Sommervillle 4 ай бұрын

So many children being murdered recently... Why?

@Mike_5 4 ай бұрын

@dwayneforbeschalmers 4 ай бұрын

Because the governing body's want to mess with everybody hearts, soul and minds,, it is they way they want it .it makes the populace weak .

@bruceybrew 4 ай бұрын

School system isn’t what it was and social media isn’t helping as well as mass unregulated immigration

@tortoisetamer486 4 ай бұрын

Because, if a mongrel breeds with another mongrel, what do you get .....🤔

@bruceybrew 4 ай бұрын

Multiculturalism

@peterah7957 4 ай бұрын

No parent should have yo bury their young child like this ....parents have a responsibility to bring up their children to be good human beings ...Every day i teach my son right from wrong and to know empathy and have compassion for others

@DJF1947 4 ай бұрын

But these days it seems that parents turn a blind eye to their son becoming popular by performing violent rap songs, and don't see the oncoming karma.

@roryjames5675 4 ай бұрын

He had a knife himself. You know how the saying goes. Should have spent his time better rather than trying to be a drill rapper.

@hardlines2635 4 ай бұрын

Exactly, he could be the one going to prison.

@dannypitcherenterprises2414 4 ай бұрын

I agree. Tragic end of a life but he wasn't clean. Carried, rapped drill and wore a balaclava.

@DJF1947 4 ай бұрын

Karma is a bitch.

@sleekitwan 4 ай бұрын

Bigger and stronger, and with some mates, the perpetrator felt he had ownership of some little kid’s life. Probably not fixable. The aggressor may be able to mask it for a parole Hearing one day in 16 years’ time, but underneath he can’t change. He has destroyed himself and done great damage, it’s probably the most important thing he will ever do, which is not a compliment. This vile action is literally his legacy, it will obliterate anything else he ever does or has done. RIP the victim, condolences to his family.

@leafy803 4 ай бұрын

The judge determined the 'Bristol boys' started the confrontation with the 'Denzies' who were the sentenced. Also I don't think they were bigger or older than him, judges determined victim also accepted or took a knife.

@daughterofenoch677 4 ай бұрын

@@leafy803 Agree

@rock07879 4 ай бұрын

They were the same age group. And Mikey was no angel. He pulled a knife first and was with a gang from Bristol who pulled knives on the 3 who were convicted. It could have been them killed and Mikey who was in court

@lubberwalker 4 ай бұрын

@@rock07879 it doesn't really matter which way around it was. They're off the streets.

@lubberwalker 4 ай бұрын

Well thought out comment and well put.

@patrickhanley9049 4 ай бұрын

i'm sure this kid was stopped by police carrying a knife himself

@Carl-bg7er 4 ай бұрын

No smoke without fire

@ryand141 4 ай бұрын

How do you know that?

@Carl-bg7er 4 ай бұрын

@@ryand141 Yeah...let's show a sweat innocent picture of the boy...which MSM always do.

@leafy803 4 ай бұрын

@@ryand141 Judges sentencing remarks.. Mickey accepted or took a knife to the party. The teens sentenced, took knives also, some 'zombie' style.

@patrickhanley9049 4 ай бұрын

@@ryand141 his mum said it. he was also making gangster rap videos hooded with his face all masked up.

@RichToff-b6s 4 ай бұрын

10 years for carrying a knife and 14 years for carrying a machete.

@DJF1947 4 ай бұрын

Define 'knife'. A court recently confiscated my street-legal Swiss army penknife ... and I was only a member of the jury!

@RichToff-b6s 4 ай бұрын

@@DJF1947 any knife.

@DJF1947 4 ай бұрын

@@RichToff-b6s I think that you missed the point. A poor legal definition is worse than no legal definition. Legislation should preferably target 'intent', not 'means'. So anybody seen exhibiting any sort of antisocial behaviour (drunkenness, drug use, rowdiness, etc.) should be immediately searched.

@RichToff-b6s 4 ай бұрын

@DJF1947 that's only your opinion. Grow up, boyscout. You don't need to carry a silly pen knife

@DavidGetling 4 ай бұрын

The simple fact is that, contrary to government and police rhetoric, knife crime isn't taken very seriously. If it was we would be seeing MANY prosecutions for carrying a knife, AND very severe sentencing of those caught. ONLY this will put a stop to such tragedies!

@TC8787-yq7og 4 ай бұрын

Left this finished country years ago - so sad, this whole story. Hope the family can find peace 🙏

@green1880 4 ай бұрын

Where’d you go? Do you actually think UK is that bad? I’m from UK but I don’t think other parts of the world are better

@TC8787-yq7og 4 ай бұрын

@@green1880 Australia mate

@green1880 4 ай бұрын

@@TC8787-yq7og Australia seems worse after the draconian covid laws. I think there's no escape.

@TC8787-yq7og 4 ай бұрын

@@green1880 no country is perfect but Aus is light years ahead of the UK

@green1880 4 ай бұрын

@@TC8787-yq7og in what ways?

@Lin.J333 4 ай бұрын

Oh my god ...why why why

@jaynekittycat9252 4 ай бұрын

When i saw his photo i cried. what a beautiful boy. Waste of a life.

@heisenberg9739 4 ай бұрын

Cause he is white

@daughterofenoch677 4 ай бұрын

Imagine crying because a victim has an attractive face.

@RebeccaHarrington-lf2kx 4 ай бұрын

@@daughterofenoch677 I don’t read the comment that way… Mikey’s mum’s comment on how lovely her son was brought tears to my eyes too. All children are precious and to know one has been murdered is heartbreaking. The poster’s description of ‘beauty’ is far more than just Mikey’s physical appearance, seeing a photo of a murdered child has the same effect on me. Sometimes it’s hard to correctly vocalise the empathy and outpouring of emotion, especially in just a few words.

@thegerm1397 4 ай бұрын

@@RebeccaHarrington-lf2kxHe pulled a knife on his killer. It could've easily been the other way round.

@hardlines2635 4 ай бұрын

@@thegerm1397exactly what I was thinking, he could be the one going to prison, he’s a victim of his own stupidity.

@AbigailBrown-wk7xl 4 ай бұрын

To many children and teenagers are loosing there lives to knife crime . Enough is enough 😢😢

@thebodykeepsthescore2828 4 ай бұрын

Losing*

@leafy803 4 ай бұрын

The sentencing remarks of the Judge.. '9. I will now describe what happened the night Mikey died. I am sure of those facts based on the evidence at trial and the verdicts given by the jury. 10. On the early evening of 10 June 2023 you each travelled by bus from Devizes to Bath. There was another set of your friends from Devizes with you. After a quick visit to McDonald’s in Bath your group took another bus to Weston. You were going to an open invitation birthday party. The party was being held by a young woman who was a former girlfriend of you, Cartel. You were not expecting any trouble. 11. Although you did not go to the party expecting trouble, you each went to the party armed with big knives which were hidden within your clothing. In addition to each of you, Shane, Cartel and Leo, carrying knives that evening, a fourth member of your group also had a knife in a rucksack taken to the party. So, your Devizes group took a total of 4 very big knives to what was meant to be a fun occasion where a young woman was turning 16. How you each got hold of these horrendous and unlawful weapons and why you took them to the party will never be known. As I have said, I do not think that you went to the party to fight with anyone. But it is clear that you took the weapons with you for fighting with and for injuring people, if any violence took place. Your knife Cartel was not found but it is likely to have been like the so-called Zombie knives which Shane and Leo took to the party and which we saw during the trial. 12. You, Shane, Cartel and Leo, did not know Mikey. Mikey arrived at the party after you with his friends from Bristol. There is no evidence that Mikey went to the party to have anything but fun. Mikey had developed a reputation as a rapper with a number of KZbin videos. His appearance at the party was popular and some of his songs were played. 13. There were a large number of young people at the party, about 70. I am satisfied that many of the other boys, including some boys from Bristol, went to the party armed with substantial knives. I am also sure that Mikey had a knife. Whether he took it with him to the party, or whether someone gave it to him, cannot be known. 14. As the party progressed some people were in the house and others were on the decking in the garden. The actions or comments of the Bristol boys towards you and your Devizes group were clearly causing some of you, particularly Cartel, to become angry. You Cartel said “I’m going to go mad in a minute” but you Shane were relaxed. Something then happened in the garden which led to the violence. A number of the Bristol boys began drawing knives. One of those in your Devizes Group shouted “Mandem Come!” This was a call to join your group to join in whatever was breaking out on the decking. The call led to another of your group taking a knife from a rucksack which had been left in the garden room of the house. This is the fourth knife which I referred to earlier. 15. You, Cartel and you, Leo had your knives out. I accept that this may in part have been a reaction to the Bristol boys taking out their knives but it was also an offensive act - you were ready to fight and use your knives. Mikey drew a knife and struck towards you, Cartel. It was at around this time that Shane stabbed Mikey in the neck. These were fast moving events but the jury on their verdicts rejected your cases that there was any element of self-defence in what each of you did. 16. Mikey’s injury was severe. The knife passed through his neck, grazing bone and entering the back of his mouth. In stabbing him, you, Shane severed a major artery in Mikey’s neck. Your knife entered so far that you had to twist it get it out. This left a large, angled wound in Mikey’s neck. Mikey suffered substantial blood loss. He staggered around the house. He died outside the front garden of the house despite the rapid arrival of medical assistance. As explained by the Pathologist at trial the arterial injury was such that Mikey would have died even if operated upon immediately in hospital. 17. As I have said, based on the jury’s verdicts I am satisfied that you, Shane, did not stab Mikey in self-defence or defence of your friends. Cartel and Leo, I am also satisfied that you did not draw your knives in a purely defensive way. I am satisfied that you used those knives to assist Shane in his confrontation with, and stabbing of, Mikey.That is why the law makes you responsible in addition to Shane, for Mikey’s death.' -- '6. You have heard the lawyers today describing to me things which may mean nothing to you, such as sentencing guidelines. These are documents that I have to take into account and which guide me in deciding on the right sentence for each of you. As you know, the Youth Justice Services in Dorset and Wiltshire have sent me detailed reports about each of you. The reports tell me in some detail things about your lives and personal backgrounds, following discussions that probation officers have had with you. The reports contain many personal things and upsetting matters which I will not refer to in court but please be assured I have taken into account what is in these important reports. 7. Cartel you are now 16 and were 15 when Mikey was killed. Shane you are now 16 and were that age when Mikey was killed. In a few days you will be 17. Leo, you are now 16 and were 15 when Mikey was killed. In the law you are children. 8. When a judge decides on sentences or punishments for children there are special rules which are different to those that apply to people over 18. These rules mean that when I am deciding on your sentences I have to have very much in my mind that the main aim of justice system for young people is to prevent offending and to focus on their welfare. Although I must take the seriousness of your offences as the starting point, I will focus on you as individuals, as opposed to upon your offences. That means I will consider your potential rehabilitation and the effect my sentences are likely to have on each of you, as well as the things in your lives which may explain your behaviour. A major matter I have taken into account is what is called your “developmental maturity” as described in the YJS pre-sentence reports. This means how mature or grown up you actually are rather than just focussing on your age in years. In each of your cases the reports about you show that your actual maturity is not reflected in your ages'. Judiciary

@daughterofenoch677 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing

@gavinguitar2194 4 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@DJF1947 4 ай бұрын

This is what the media should be doing: bare facts, not emotive coverage which somehow seems to romanticise the whole situation. But the media have always catered for the baser interests of the gawping public. Look at all of the versions of the 'gunfight at the OK corral' and compare them with the contemporaneous court records. There is no comparison.

@leafy803 4 ай бұрын

Additionally, the stabbing victim was previously arrested/charged for possession of a knife. (Explained as/by family as, that he were holding the knife for another person). Info was briefly mentioned in the BBC documentary on this case. From recollection, it did not go into any detail of victim's prior/s, i think it was the mother's words, documentary was focused on his family, trial, their involvement, so likely biased, limited. Sadly, the young cousin, she described boys, teens are seen by some girls (and think she said, herself previously) find the boys who carry knives as desirable, interesting, cool (description along those lines) Recommend viewing. I'm even more concerned.

@DJF1947 4 ай бұрын

@@leafy803 Don't the parents of the girl whose birthday was being celebrated also deserve a large part of the blame? What sort of law-abiding people would allow their home to be invaded by a large number of strangers? Were they perhaps hoping to sell drugs to the 'guests'?

@MichelleGill-js2jb 4 ай бұрын

Sad the state of the nation. 👹

@quaverboy63 2 ай бұрын

Weird reaction

@Elfrida-ls2mo 4 ай бұрын

Deepest Condolences to Family and Friends Rest in Peace young Man untill you meet your Family and Friends again

@willdixon2349 4 ай бұрын

Rest in heaven Mikey. May your inquisitive youthful spirit fly unfettered among the stars.

@thebodykeepsthescore2828 4 ай бұрын

Grow up

@willdixon2349 4 ай бұрын

That's the point. He never will !

@rickkarsan4491 4 ай бұрын

And they keep saying diversity is our strength

@tellmemore8837 4 ай бұрын

Take your blindfold off, you'll see different.

@incognito96 4 ай бұрын

Indigenous is our strength.

@rickkarsan4491 4 ай бұрын

@@incognito96 Vote BNP my friend

@thevoyagerv4499 4 ай бұрын

He was deleted by 3 white boys. Two brunettes and a blonde, very diverse!

@hardlines2635 4 ай бұрын

@@thevoyagerv4499that’s why its in the media, this happens every day in London but the media won’t talk about it, go to any major A&E department Friday to Sunday, see how diverse it is. I work in one, I could sell black pudding with the amount of blood I clean up. No pun intended.

@kkudy_ 4 ай бұрын

can we stop acting like mikey was a beautiful angel. I’m not from the Uk but i’ve read about what happened to Mikey and he wasn’t a good boy. he was a wannabe gangster just like all those british kids. He brought a knife willingly to the party with the same intentions as the kids arrested. Mikey was a drill rapper not a saint. He brought this life upon himself and wanted to be a thug so don’t act like this wasn’t gonna happen sooner or later. If you watch what the Judge says he Explicitly says, “The bristol boys made comments towards Shane and his friend group and Mikey was the first to pull a knife. the kids should’ve got self defense but the whole situation is messed up. This Mikey kid needs to be held accountable even though he died.

@neilrafferty2097 4 ай бұрын

Saying absolutely nothing . . .

@lovepositivethinker 4 ай бұрын

Love is best

@incognito96 4 ай бұрын

Indigenous is our strength, no racist comments on here today, wonder why???

@roryjames5675 4 ай бұрын

What culture influenced them? What culture created drill music? I have no sympathy for this victim or the killer, they should have made better choices and not try to emulate losers that stand around making angry nursery rhymes.

@lubberwalker 4 ай бұрын

Says a divisive race baiter. You're actually complaining that race isn't part of this?

@incognito96 4 ай бұрын

@@roryjames5675 it was drill music that influenced them, jog on with your silly narrative.

@incognito96 4 ай бұрын

@@lubberwalker all the perpetrators were white, how can race be part of it???? Strange.

@roryjames5675 4 ай бұрын

@incognito96 what is my narrative? Yes drill music influenced them, who created drill music, please answer that 🧐

@Mike_5 4 ай бұрын

Justice has been done and some very nice serious sentences handed down to the guilty parties

@tellmemore8837 4 ай бұрын

Seriously? The sentences are a joke.

@Mike_5 4 ай бұрын

@@tellmemore8837 Correct but that was the CPS direction for this serious issue

@tellmemore8837 4 ай бұрын

@@Mike_5 You agree with it.

@rock07879 4 ай бұрын

@@Mike_5well Mikey was carrying a knife. Pulled it first along with the gang he was with from Bristol who all pulled knives first in order to attack these 3 and their mates. Nobody was innocent.

@rock07879 4 ай бұрын

@@tellmemore8837 why? Mikey started things by pulling a knife on these 3, supported by his gang from Bristol who also pulled knives first. They were all culpable

@user-ug8wx5er1w 4 ай бұрын

So common now. Part and parcel of diversity.

@incognito96 4 ай бұрын

Funny, the kid who killed him was indigenous. So move along

@hardlines2635 4 ай бұрын

A swamp will filter itself.

@thevoyagerv4499 4 ай бұрын

He was deleted by 3 white boys. Two brunettes and a blonde, very diverse!

@chukumekasmith7398 4 ай бұрын

I love the way people like you always try to put the blame on diversity 😹😹😹😹

@Carl-bg7er 4 ай бұрын

No smoke without fire.

@E_Rex_Sean 4 ай бұрын

*If you really want to give that family justice then bring back the D-Penalty.*

@peterah7957 4 ай бұрын

You're dumb....doesn't work.....that's not justice ,that's revenge! Giving children guidance and hope is the best solution and that takes money ! Governments need to put massive resources into this ! Parents can only do so much .

@phsolos3126 4 ай бұрын

Not exactly mourning is she? Usually this masks the fact that she has had to defend his behaviour many times before. This time it’s caught up with him.