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flag Romario Gordon, 22, sentenced to 13 years for 2021 machete murder of 16-year-old Camron Smith in Croydon.

flag Romario Gordon, 22, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for the 2021 manslaughter of 16-year-old Camron Smith, fatally stabbed in his mother’s bedroom during a revenge attack in Croydon, south London. flag Gordon, then 17, was part of a group that hijacked a minicab and carried machetes in a premeditated assault linked to a prior stabbing. flag Surveillance footage showed him fleeing and discarding a machete. flag He later left the UK but returned voluntarily. flag The Old Bailey heard the attack was planned, with the group forcing entry into the home and killing Camron in front of his mother, Audrey Johnson, who described the trauma as life-altering. flag Gordon was the fourth person convicted in the case; others received sentences from eight to life. flag He had previously been cleared of a separate 2020 stabbing. flag Authorities called the investigation complex and said the sentencing offers some closure to the family.

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