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Driver told police he gave Wolverhampton schoolboy's killers a lift 'for petrol money'

The driver of a car whose occupants stabbed Wolverhampton schoolboy Ronan Kanda to death told police he was just giving them a lift "for petrol money".

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Josiah Francis, 21, can be seen in CCTV footage driving around Walsall and Bilston before stopping when the Lanesfield schoolboy walked past them.

Two masked people then jumped out of the car and minutes later the 16-year-old was dead, a tragic case of mistaken identity.

Francis was arrested and questioned by police and the transcript of the interview was read out to Wolverhampton Crown Court.

He said: "I used to get a bit of money for driving them about, I needed the money for petrol.

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