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Teenager, 18, is jailed for life for stabbing Aston Villa youth player, 16, to death because he felt humiliated when he approached footballer's girlfriend at party and she turned him down

A teenager who murdered a 16-year-old Aston Villa youth player at a house party in Coventry earlier this year has been jailed for life.

Sukhbir Singh Phull, 18, plunged a blade into the chest of Premier League starlet Ramani Morgan after a row broke out on Chandos Street, in the Stoke area of the city, on February 29.

Phull, 18, was found guilty of murder following a trial at Warwick Crown Court and was today sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 17 years.

A court heard the pair clashed after Phull had 'tried it on' with Ramani's girlfriend at the party in Coventry.