Loui Phillips murder: Teenage victim rang his mum as he lay dying after knife attack

Kyle Pickles, of Kirkstall Road, was jailed for life today (December 20) for stabbing Loui Phillips in the chest in a jealous rage.

The 17-year-old killer tracked down Loui and a girl using Snapchat before walking up to the innocent lad, stabbing him in the heart and calmly walking away, without saying a word.

Loui died four days later in hospital. He was 15.

KYLE PICKLES: Jealous teenage killer murdered 15-year-old for spending day with his ex-girlfriend

At the sentencing hearing at Doncaster Crown Court today, Loui’s mum, Louise Hartley, took the stand to bravely tell Pickles she hoped he would never be released from prison.

South Yorkshire Police said Loui was killed in an ‘unprovoked attack’ in Monk Bretton earlier this year ‘in a jealous rage over a perceived relationship’, with Pickles calmly walked away from the scene afterwards leaving his victim fighting for his life.

Pickles was sentenced to a minimum of 17 years behind bars for murder.

Loui’s mum told the court: “I’m totally at a loss. I don’t think the shock of what happened to my boy will ever lessen.

“The last photo I have of him is of him lying in a hospital bed. He looks so young I cannot stop looking at this photo and every time I do I break down in tears. We miss Loui constantly.”

During the hearing, the court heard how after being stabbed, Loui phoned his mum as he lay fatally wounded to tell her what happened.

Ms Hartley said: “I keep reliving the phone call he made to me following the stabbing and the proceeding days where I sat by his bedside in hospital watching him die.

“I miss the small moments, like him walking into the room to sit with me or ringing to say he would be home soon when out with his friends.

“It saddens me that his brothers will never take him for his first pint.

“Loui had the world at his feet. He was young, good looking and opportunity seemed to be opening up for him. He loved football and was excellent on the pitch. He had recently started catering college. He was a very sociable boy who was quite the charmer with the girls. He never left the house without making sure that his hair was perfectly styled.

“It was Loui’s 16th birthday on November 3, and I spent it by his graveside. I can no longer smile. I feel physically incapable of happiness.

“It’s hard for me to comprehend that someone so full of life is now gone.

“In contrast, his murderer will be able to breath, live and smile. This seems so unfair. I wish that Kyle could feel even a fraction of the pain I’m suffering. I hope he is never release from prison.

“I do not know how to continue living without my boy.

“I want my son here with me. I love him so much.”

The court heard how Loui’s death was the culmination of a campaign of abusive behaviour by Pickles, who for weeks had been targeting and assaulting any boy he believed was spending time with a particular girl.

He assaulted as many as six boys and in one incident broke into the girl’s father’s house and lunged at him with a knife.

Loui’s family clapped for the judge following the sentencing.