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Olly Stephens, 13, was brutally killed fifteen minutes after leaving his home in Emmer Green Reading on January 3, 2021.
The autistic young man was killed after being lured by another teenager to Bugs Bottom park a stone's throw away from his home.
After a short scuffle with one of the three teenagers present, Olly was fatally stabbed and killed.
In June 2022, BBC News did an investigation into how social media contributed to the youngster's murder.
MailOnline takes a look into the shattering truth behind the young man's tragic murder.
Olly Stephens (pictured), 13, was lured to a park by a girl, 14, where he was ambushed and stabbed by two other teenage boys
A 14-year-old girl lured Olly Stephens to a park where he was stabbed to death by two other boys aged 13 and 14.
The teenage girl coaxed the autistic 13-year-old to Bug Bottom Field in Emmer Green following an argument on Snapchat, telling friends she was 'setting Olly up'.
The two boys harboured 'grievances' with Olly, which are believed to have started when he sought to defend another boy who was being humiliated in a group chat.
Described as 'manipulative and cunning' the girl had told Olly to wear sliders to their meeting and even confessed to one of the other boys she felt 'kind of scared'.
The then-14-year-old watched as the two youngsters attacked Olly and eventually murdered him.
The younger boy, who was 13 at the time, used a knife to stab Olly while the older boy, 14, was fighting with him.
The then-13-year-old , who because of his age can only be identified as Boy A, stabbed Olly twice with the knife.
During the trial at Reading Crown Court in 2021, the young girl denied knowing anyone present had a knife.
Neither the girl or the two teenage boys can be named due to their age.
Olly was only a stone's throw away from his Berkshire home when he fatally stabbed and killed (pictured: Olly Stephens walking to BuG Bottom Fields)
After the fatal stabbing, 13-year-old Olly collapsed to the floor as bystanders rushed to help.
Despite the efforts of paramedics and an air ambulance crew, he was pronounced dead in the park.
The two boys abandoned their bloodstained clothes on a railway track after they took the young man's life.
Following the murder, the older boy recorded a disturbing voice note where he said: 'Boy it was me and my boy innit.
'I started slapping him up and then my boy backed out and then f****** shanked him.'
Olly was brought
