Two baby-faced schoolboys who murdered a 14-year-old air cadet after he was 'exploited' into dealing cannabis have today been unmasked by a judge.

Kyle Dermody was also just 14 when he stabbed his former friend Nathaniel Shani in the neck following a row over drugs.

He was last month given a life sentence after being convicted of his murder alongside Trey Stewart-Gayle, who was only 13 and armed with a screwdriver.

After Dermody produced a knife, Stewart-Gayle told him to 'do it', their trial heard.

Following an application by the media, a judge today lifted a ban on publishing their names, saying there was a 'substantial public interest' in understanding how such young children could commit a fatal knife attack.




Nathaniel Shani, 14, (pictured) was fatally stabbed in the neck by a former friend following a row about stolen cannabis 





The young air cadet planned to meet Trey Stewart Gayle (pictured) for a one v one fight over stolen cannabis





Kyle Dermody, (pictured) who was Nathaniel's former friend before they fell out,  fatally stabbed the teenager last September

Mrs Justice Ellenbogen previously said that 'sadly it is no longer shocking' for such a young child to be murdered by boys of his age.

Detectives have previously revealed how Nathaniel's tragic death last September illustrated how easily children from loving, supportive families can be sucked into a deadly inner-city underworld.

Nathaniel's devastated parents - who police say could not have known about his brief and tragic foray into a world of criminal gangs - have called for a 'total ban of carrying knives in our streets' and stiffer sentences.



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Air cadet, 14, fatally stabbed in the neck had been 'exploited' into dealing cannabis


They have urged schools to inform parents about concerns that their children were involved in crime so they could take 'responsibility' for keeping them out of trouble.

The case came after two 12-year-old boys became Britain's youngest murderers since James Bulger's killers after a being found guilty of stabbing Shawn Seesahai, 19, to death in a park in Wolverhampton.

A pupil at Manchester Communication Academy, Nathaniel took pride in his role as an air cadet, shining his shoes and ironing his shirt to make sure he looked the part.

A photograph released by his parents showed his delight at celebrating his 14th birthday with a card celebrating the 'amazing journey' through life that the family envisaged for him.

But unbeknown to them, he had been sucked into a criminal underworld of dealing drugs in the north Manchester neighbourhood of Harpurhey where the family lived.

On the day of his killing, September 15 last year, Stewart-Gayle had stolen cannabis from a friend of Nathaniel, the trial heard.




The court heard Nathaniel  'viewed himself as a hard kid' who was 'interested in a reputation that matched that' so was focused on recovering the stolen drugs





Nathaniel pictured on 14th birthday with a card celebrating the 'amazing journey' through life that the family envisaged for him

Nathaniel - said in court to have 'viewed himself as a hard kid' who was 'interested in a reputation that matched that' - was determined to recover the drugs.

An arrangement was made for a 'one v one fight' at a shopping precinct to 'sort things'.

Stewart-Gayle - armed with a screwdriver - was accompanied by Dermody, who had been friends with Nathaniel before they fell out.

During the confrontation, unarmed Nathaniel punched Dermody, who produced a knife and stabbed him to the neck.

Stewart-Gayle told Dermody to 'do it' after he had produced the weapon.

Nathaniel was seen clutching his neck after being knifed, before collapsing in the square.

His devastated friends lied to police that it had been an argument about money, but detectives recovered Snapchat messages which revealed the true story.

After both were convicted of murder following a trial at Manchester Crown Court, the pair were given life sentences last month.

Dermody, now 15, will serve a minimum term of 13 years in custody while Stewart-Gayle, now 14, will have to serve a minimum of 10 years.

Ruling that the media could name them, High Court judge Mrs Justice Ellenbogen said: 'The public will wish to know the identities of those who commit such a serious offence in seeking to understand how it is that children of that age can do so.




Nathaniel was stabbed in the Harpurhey neighbourhood (police pictured at the scene) of north Manchester, where he lived with his mother and sister





Pictured: Forensic officers at the scene of the stabbing in September last year 





Pictured: Tributes left to Nathaniel at the scene in Harpurhey, Manchester 

'Knife crime in general and the circumstances of this particular case are matters of substantial public interest.'

When she sentenced them, the judge said: 'That a boy of his age should have met his death by boys of a similar age is a tragedy - sadly it is no longer shocking.'

Paying tribute, at the time, the victim's parents said: 'Nathaniel will be missed for many reasons, he was such a courageous young boy, charming with a great sense of humour, loving and caring who loved jokes and laughs, when he was inspired seeing Three Stooges' comedy team first time.

'Until his death, Nathaniel was never angry or mad at anyone.

'When he is bored, he will just crack a joke and every one would just burst into instant laughter whether it's at home or in school or playground.'

Describing the 'life-changing' impact of losing their son in such a traumatic way, they added: 'It's like a dream and that when we wake up, Nathaniel will be in his room sleeping.'

Among their demands are a 'total ban of carrying knives in our streets', insisting parents 'take responsibility' for ensuring children don't carry knives, and requiring schools to disclose any concerns.

'More powers need to be given to police to pin down those carrying knives, prosecute and award longer sentences,' they added.

After the sentencing, the lead detective on the case, Det Chf Insp Gina Brennand, of Greater Manchester Police, revealed that the dealer who provided Nathaniel with the drugs has since been locked up for drugs offences.

She said investigators had established that Nathaniel had only been involved in drug dealing for about two weeks before he was murdered, with messages showing he had been told he could move onto selling cocaine if he did 'well' with cannabis.

'That street level exploitation, I would say, has led to Nathaniel's murder,' she said.

'Had the drugs not been stolen, the fight would never have taken place.

'That person has been the catalyst for Nathaniel's murder, and his parents would say that.'

DCI Brennand claimed Nathaniel and his friends were victims of 'child exploitation', saying 'they don't have the skills to know otherwise'.

'They might think it's cool, but they're not.

'They're just acting for someone else and being exploited. It happens every day, on streets of inner cities in the UK. And this is why children start to carry knives.

'It's awful, absolutely awful, it's devastating.

'These are vulnerable children who can't make decisions, who might want some money for a new pair of trainers, and so they start doing things because someone has approached them.'

She said Nathaniel's parents had responded by asking themselves 'What could we have done?' and 'What have we missed?'

'At least we could tell them that as far as we're aware, from Nathaniel's phone evidence, this is such a short period, just 14 days before he died that he started to get involved in dealing cannabis.

'They will always look at whether they could have done anything to prevent it, but they didn't know.

'It was such a short period of time, this is what makes it even more tragic.

'His own parents hadn't had the chance to become aware of what he was doing. They are mortified that they didn't know.

'What we've said to them as a team is that you'd have been lucky to know.'

Following his death, the Greater Manchester wing of the Royal Air Force Cadets said it was 'extremely shocked and deeply saddened at the death of Nathaniel, who was a bright and popular young man'.




His parents have called for stiffer sentences on knife crime as well as a total ban of carrying knives in our streets

Asked what could be done to curb the scourge of knife crime, DCI Brennand said police could not tackle it alone.

'You need parents and families involved, you need council CCTV to be in the right place, you need security in the streets in the form of places where children can't hide, you need education at school,' she said.

'It seems to me that it doesn't matter how many children die from a knife wound from someone of a similar age, week in week out in the UK. That is not a preventative message to the children.

'I think the children might be the best people to ask how you stop it.

'I bet those who saw Nathaniel die won't carry a knife anymore.'

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