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A 15-year-old boy was sentenced to life in prison for fatally stabbing a stranger, Muhammad Hassam Ali, after a brief conversation in Birmingham city center. The second boy, who stood by, was sentenced to five years in secure accommodation. Ali’s family expressed their grief, describing him as a budding engineer whose life was tragically cut short.

  • FundMECFSResearch
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    1 day ago

    Yeah.

    “They fucked up”. Means they did something really bad.

    As far as I know while “fucking up” can be used in cases of accidents it generally implies culpability and that is the way in which I intended to use it.

    • BlitzoTheOisSilent@lemmy.world
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      No, you’re trying to play it off as the other commenter pointed out, as if it’s just kids will be kids.

      You don’t accidentally stab someone to death. This wasn’t a “fuck up,” if you read the article, or even what I wrote in the comment above, you’d see that the kid followed the victim around after they had already tried to disengage from the guy with the knife.

      Knife guy sought them out, escalated the situation despite the victim and his group trying to get knife guy to leave them alone, and then stabbed him in the chest.

      Where’s the accident in that?

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      1 day ago

      “They fucked up”. Means they did something really bad.

      Not really an accurate definition. Without accuracy, mistakes will be made.