The moment Edward Redman, 18, received a text message telling him he had killed Jay Whiston, 17
- From: news.com.au
- May 23, 2014
THIS is the moment 18-year-old Edward Redman finds out that a boy he stabbed 90 minutes earlier had died.
In footage taken from CCTV, Redman is captured laughing and joking with a friend (his co-accused Rhys Hennebry) at the back of a bus before his expression changes as he looks at his mobile.
Just 90 minutes earlier, he had stabbed 17-year-old Jay Whiston in the heart after the victim tried to break up a fight. But Redman did not know until that point that the wound had proved fatal.
Last month, Redman was sentenced to 17 years’ jail for Whiston’s murder but the CCTV footage was not released until yesterday when Hennebry, 19, was jailed for three years for his role in the murder.
At an earlier hearing, Redman’s father Gary and brother John each received two years’ jail for destroying evidence. His ex-girlfriend, Shannon Fenlon, was sent to a young offenders’ institution for nine months.
The court heard that Redman and Hennebry carried out their attack on Whiston at a house party in Colchester, Essex in September 2012 after Whiston stepped in when the pair became aggressive at having been refused alcohol.
Whiston collapsed and was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead at 10.57pm.
The assailants fled but were captured on video catching a bus just after 11.30pm.
After getting on, Redman receives a message and the pair move to the back. He shows Hennebry the message and Redman puts his hand over his mouth in shock.
In the footage taken from the bus cameras, Redman can be seen putting his hand over his mouth in shock as he reads a text message.
Police believe this is the moment he finds out he’s a killer.