A Lincoln Crown Court jury is deliberating the fate of a 15-year-old who was found guilty last week of his friend’s gruesome murder.
12-year-old Roberts Buncis’s body was found in the woods with nearly 70 stab wounds at 22 different areas and with marks on his neck suggesting the killer tried to decapitate him.
The medical examiner also noticed injuries consistent with an attempt to “remove the hand or fingers.”
The knife used in the massacre was broken and left into Roberts’ skull. His then 14-year-old friend was arrested and charged with murder.
“15-year-old boy found guilty of the murder of 12-year-old Roberts Buncis. The investigating officer described it as “an utterly senseless act with devastating consequences,” adding that there can be no stronger message on knife crime,” police said.
Despite the defendant claiming the murder occurred in self-defense during a botched weed deal, detectives said that Roberts was killed because he refused to take part in the defendant’s plan to rob a local store calling it “mad.”
Prosecutor Mary Loram added that the juvenile was afraid his friend would snitch on him before he decided to get rid of him.
