00:02The grief is still so raw for Oscar Hamilton's family, their boy forever 16.
00:08Today justice has been served. While this verdict brings a sense of legal closure,
00:15it doesn't lessen the profound grief and the emptiness we carry every day.
00:20Oscar was hanging out with his friends and girlfriend at Woodgrove Shopping Centre in September 2024
00:26when another boy, 15 at the time, approached the group and stabbed him three times.
00:32Prosecutors argued the killer's motive was an unproven allegation
00:35that Oscar had sexually assaulted the boy's ex-girlfriend, something Oscar had denied.
00:41This was not the tragic consequence of a fight between two boys.
00:45This was a targeted attack, Prosecutor Erin Ramsey said in her closing address.
00:50His teen killer, now 17, had pleaded guilty to manslaughter
00:54but prosecutors rejected that offer, pushing ahead with a murder trial.
00:58It took the jury two hours of deliberation to find him guilty.
01:01The 17-year-old stared ahead without emotion as the jury delivered its verdict
01:06but there was a sharp intake of breath from the public gallery,
01:09Oscar's family comforting each other and wiping away tears.
01:13Oscar was a wonderful son, brother, nephew, grandson and friend
01:21whose life was tragically cut short
01:24and we will spend the rest of our lives honouring his memory.
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