Joe Dix, 18, was stabbed to death by members of a rival gang in NorwichThe parents of a teenager killed in a gang-related knife fight have revealed they received messages of condolence from a youth who went on to avenge his death with another murder.
Hammett was jailed for 24 years last week. Accomplice Joshua Howell, who was 17 at the time of the murder, received 20 years. Joe's parents, Emma and Phil, have now described how Hammett often sent sympathetic messages, such as 'thinking of you' – without realising he was a fellow gang member. Mr Dix, 46, revealed police had spoken to him to see if he had any connection to Quigley's murder after they spotted his replies to Hammett's messages, not realising his connection to the city's seedy underbelly.
Advertisement 'Had we known what was going to transpire, we'd obviously have taken him to one side and said 'Don't do it'. He was stabbed in the fight that ensued. Four bladed weapons were later identified in court has having been used, including a 24ins-long sword.January 28 2022: Footage shows Joe desperately running from Gil, Palmer and BeeharryBenjamin Gil, 19, will also serve a minimum of 21 years in prisonHammett was living in Ipswich under police bail conditions following a violent brawl he was involved in when he and Howell killed Quigley, of Wymondham, in January last year.