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A teenager who robbed a shopper of a designer Gucci bag in a murder attack was today jailed for eight years.
Ryan O'Connor, 26, was attacked for his 'manbag' on an evening trip to the shops by the drive-by gang armed with fierce blades.
His three killers were jailed for 58 years over Mr O'Connor's death - and fellow gang member Ethan Strickland, 19, has now also been locked up.
Strickland - who posed with huge knives before the murder - was told he 'encouraged' Mr O'Connor's killers with the robbery plot.
Joseph Jeremy, then 17, used a 15-inch hunting knife to kill Mr O'Connor - and laughed as he boasted: 'I've yinged him.'
Ethan Strickland, 19, a gang member who posed with knives before the fatal stabbing of 26-year-old Ryan O'Connor in Cardiff, has been convicted of robbery and jailed for eight years
A judge at Cardiff Crown Court told Strickland he had 'encouraged' Mr O'Connor's killers with the robbery plot. Pictured: Kyle Raisis (left) and Ethan Strickland (right) pose with knives
Ryan O'Connor, a 26-year-old father of one, was robbed of his Gucci 'man bag' and stabbed through the heart in a random drive-by robbery last year
Kyle Raisis (pictured), 18, was convicted of manslaughter for his part in the robbery
Joseph Jeremy (pictured), then 17, used a 15-inch hunting knife to kill Mr O'Connor - and laughed 'I've yinged him' as he got back into the car and fled the scene of the murder. He was convicted of murder last month
Lewis Aquilina (pictured), 20, was also convicted of murder
Jeremy shouted: 'We've got his Gucci bag', before the gang fled in a stolen car.
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