A LUTON youth who “mercilessly exploited” a vulnerable teenager Micah Urquhart and then stabbed him through the heart was jailed for a minimum of 28 years today (March 26) for his murder last year.
Luton Crown Court heard how Waqar Younis 19, of Queens Close, and co-defendant Paul Lynam, 18, of Midland Road, turned the flat Micah had been given by care workers into a squalid drug dealing den.
Younis was convicted of murder and jailed for life. He must serve a minimum term of 28 years before he can apply for parole.
Lynam was cleared of murder but convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to ten years. Vincent Coughlin QC was instructed as prosecution counsel in this case.
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