A PAIR of murderers who stabbed a caring dad-of-three to death outside his home have been jailed for life. The dangerous and violent killers stared straight ahead and showed no emotion as they were told they would serve at least 19 years in jail for the murder of Darren MacCormick. Sentencing, Judge Ian Pringle QC went on to slam the scourge of knife crime which he said had led to a desperate and unceasing waste of human life. In an emotional tribute the family of the slain 44-year-old said that their lives had forever changed and the grief is overwhelming.
Darren MacCormick, 44, was killed in Mendip Heights on January 9. After an eight-week trial, Brookton Lagan, 19, of Robin Way, Didcot, and Taison Cyrille, 19, of Market End Way, Bicester, were found guilty at Oxford Crown Court today. The two were also found guilty of two counts of wounding with intent and of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs. As Lagan left the court dock, he said to his mum: Bye mum, I love you so much. You know I didn t do it. Isaac Boyland, 20, of Marlborough Road, Oxford, was found not guilty of murder, as well as wounding with intent and conspiracy to supply drugs.