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Siddiqi killers jailed for life

Ben Hope and Jason Richards, the killers of Cardiff A-Level student Aamir Siddiqi, have each received a life sentence in jail.

The judge at Cardiff Crown Court told them they must each serve a minimum term of 40 years.

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Aamir Siddiqi's killers will spend 'at least 40 years' in jail

Two hitmen found guilty of killing a seventeen year old schoolboy by mistake have been told they will spend at least forty years each in jail

Jason Richards and Ben Hope had been paid to kill a man in a row over a collapsed property deal.

Instead, they called on the wrong house in the wrong street and murdered Aamir Siddiqi as he waitied for a koran lesson, then attacked his parents.

Our Correspondent Joanna Simpson reports.

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