Camron Smith: Two guilty over teen's death in mother's bedroom

He was found stabbed inside his home on Bracken Avenue, Croydon

Two young men have been found guilty of killing a boy who was stabbed to death in his mother's bedroom by masked invaders "out for blood".

Camron Smith, 16, was unarmed and in his underwear when attackers stormed into his home armed with knives.

At the Old Bailey, Romain LaPierre, 20, of no fixed abode, was found guilty of Camron's murder.

Jordan Tcheuko, 19, from Wembley, was cleared of murder but found guilty of the alternative charge of manslaughter.

Camron's killing came amid a crime wave on the streets of Croydon overnight on 30 June and 1 July last year, jurors were told.

'Brutally killed'

Prosecutor Duncan Atkinson KC said a group of attackers had set out on a moped and in a car they had hijacked to track down those they had linked to the stabbing of an associate.

He said they acted as a group, entering three homes in rapid succession.

The first was no longer occupied by anyone they were looking for and was, instead, home to a woman who awoke to find a masked male in her bedroom, the court heard.

At the second property, the occupant was able to keep the group outside, the prosecutor said.

"The occupant of the third address was not so fortunate," Mr Atkinson said.

"The home of 16-year-old Camron Smith was entered by a masked, gloved and knife-carrying group and there they brutally killed that young man.

"Unarmed and in his underwear, Camron Smith was stabbed in his mother's bedroom as he sought to evade the group that had entered his address, out for blood and determined to cause, at least, really serious bodily harm."

The jury found LaPierre also guilty of robbery relating to the car used in the attack.

Sako Amoniba-Burnley, 21, from Norbury, and a 16-year-old youth, were found guilty of robbery.

A fifth defendant, Allison Scott, 55, from Croyon, was acquitted of assisting an offender.

Sentencing will take place on 2 December.