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Parents ... Deborah and George Kinsella
THE devastated family of teenager Ben Kinsella today came face to face with the three youths accused of his murder.
Ben’s mother Deborah, father George and sister Jade sat in Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court hand in hand as the three teenagers appeared in the dock.
Juress Kika, 18, Michael Alleyne, 18, and Jade Braithwaite, 19, were remanded in custody until October 13.
Suspects ... arrive at court
Ben, 16, the brother of former EastEnders actress Brooke Kinsella, was stabbed repeatedly in York Way, Islington, at about 2am last Sunday.
He had been on a night out with friends at the nearby Shillibeers bar when a fight broke out inside.
Detectives believe several youths were ejected from the bar and trouble continued down the street.
Ben died in the arms of his friend Louis Robson, also 16, son of Birds Of A Feather actress Linda Robson.
Ben ... 'wrong postcode'
On Tuesday, up to 400 protesters marched in Upper Street, Islington, to the scene of the killing to demand an end to knife crime.
Miss Kinsella joined the march wearing a T-shirt with a photograph of Ben as a baby on it.
Kika and Alleyne were arrested late on Monday night at an address in the Chadwell Heath area of east London, while Braithwaite was arrested in Bethnal Green, also east London, on Tuesday.
An 18-year-old man arrested in Islington on Monday has been bailed to return to a London police station in mid-August pending further inquiries.
Earlier it was revealed that schoolboy Ben was stabbed ELEVEN times by more than one knife.
The savagery was revealed by former Birds of a Feather star Linda Robson, whose son Louis cradled the star student as he lay dying.
Linda, who is close to Ben’s family, appeared on TV with his sister Brooke, 24 — Kelly Taylor in the BBC soap.
Postcode ... map showing London gangs
Both wore “K” badges from a design by Ben, featured in yesterday’s Sun, which is now being used in an anti-knife campaign.
Linda said: “What people don’t realise is that Ben was stabbed 11 times.
Thugs
“Louis feels maybe he could have done more. He thought there was only one wound when he tried to stop him bleeding, but now we have found out there were so many stab wounds.
“Louis is a bit lost really.
“He went to school for an hour yesterday to see friends for a coffee, but we are looking into getting him some counselling.
“I don’t understand what we should be doing. I need help to help him to come to terms with this terrible thing.”
Family ... in court today
Ben died in the early hours of Sunday in Islington, North London.
Police sources confirmed last night that he had been stabbed 11 times.
Ben may have been targeted after straying into the “wrong” postcode.
He and his family live in the N1 area.
Nineteen knife-wielding street gangs are active in and around the area where the teenager died.
They are shown in the graphic above.
A senior police adviser yesterday warned that young thugs are in an “arms race”.
Cindy Butts, deputy chairman of the Metropolitan Police Authority, said: “I liken it to an arms race. The more young people see others carrying knives, the more they are inclined to carry them.”
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