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Killer, 20, who lured his best friend to a secluded spot where he stabbed him 23 times and buried victim in a makeshift grave is jailed for five years

A killer who lured his best friend to a secluded spot where he stabbed him 23 times, before going on to bury him in a makeshift grave, has been jailed for five years.

Louis Hackett, 20, lured pal Kieran Williams to a secluded spot where he was buried in a clandestine grave and concealed; covered with sticks, leaves and litter, at a disused industrial estate.

The incident occurred at near the Northern Spire bridge in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, last April.

The 18-year-old's remains were found six weeks later, in June last year.

Today, Newcastle Crown Court heard how so far those behind Kieran's murder have 'got away with it' and a judge has said 'justice has not been done'.