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Man jailed after students stabbed near college

Hertfordshire Constabulary Kierson Murray mugshot wearing a grey t-shirt. He has brown eyes and very curly bushy hair. He is starting at the camera. He has a light moustache.Hertfordshire Constabulary
Sgt Paul Wadsworth said it was a "miracle" neither of Kierson Murray's victims had life-changing injuries

A teenager who stabbed two students near their further education college has been jailed for three and a half years.

The boys, who were aged 16 and 17, received serious stab wounds outside a newsagents near Oaklands College in St Albans on 9 October 2023.

Hertfordshire Police said it was a "miracle" their injuries were not life-changing.

Kierson Murray, who was 17 at the time, of Link Walk in Hatfield, was found guilty at St Albans Crown Court of causing grievous bodily harm and possessing a bladed article.

John Allen Two ambulances, a police car and police van attend an incident. They are parked in two rows on a concrete car park outside a single-storey building. A woman wearing a high vis vest and blue lanyard stands on the right of the shot, and there are five or six people in the distance, milling around in front of the building.John Allen
Armed response officers and a police helicopter were called to St Albans after the stabbings on the Monday afternoon

Murray, now aged 19, used a knife to stab one victim in the back, and the other in the arm at about 15:40 BST on the Monday in question.

Armed response officers were sent to Hatfield Road, along with a police helicopter and the ambulance service.

Hertfordshire Police thanked members of the public for helping to identify Murray.

Sgt Paul Wadsworth said: "This was an unusual, targeted attack on two teenagers near a college at a time when children were walking home from school.

"We are pleased Murray has been given a lengthy sentence for inflicting serious injuries on two teenage boys.

"Three young lives have changed forever following the actions of Murray and that's the stark reality of carrying a knife.

"By some miracle, the victims' injuries are not life-changing and no members of the public were injured."

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