Girl, 15, who ‘recruited’ teens to help her murder man in his own home is unmasked – as CCTV shows gang fleeing scene
Girl, 15, who ‘recruited’ teens to help her murder man in his own home is unmasked – as CCTV shows gang fleeing scene
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A KILLER schoolgirl, 15, who recruited teens to help her murder a man in his own home has been unmasked. Chilling CCTV showed the masked gang fleeing the scene after brutally stabbing a father and son in their Gateshead living room on April 27 last year.
![[Kriesha Stroud was jailed for life after orchestrating the murder of a man in his own home]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/killer-schoolgirl-girl-15-recruited-967881326.jpg?strip=all&w=432)
Kriesha Beyonce Stroud, 15, was convicted of murder after the horror, which was sparked over a dog row. Gary Belfield, 40, died after being knifed 11 times, while his son Luke Williams, 21, managed to escape with stab wounds to a nearby petrol station.
![[Security camera footage of three people and a dog on a sidewalk at night.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Screenshot-2025-01-30-175549.png?strip=all&w=960)
He survived the cold-blooded attack after flagging down help. Newcastle Crown Court heard Leandro Lopes, then 17, and Jordan Tams, 17, were enlisted by Stroud to help. The teens were also convicted of murder last month after a trial. Stroud was sentenced to life with a minimum of 20 years, while Tams and Lopes must serve at least 26 years.
![[Gary Belfield was stabbed to death in front of his son in their own home]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/killer-schoolgirl-girl-15-recruited-967881228.jpg?strip=all&w=235)
It is believed the heinous killing unfolded after Stroud wanted to get a dog back that previously belonged to one of her relatives and now lived with Mr Belfield. At the start of the sentence hearing today, Mr Justice Constable lifted the restrictions which banned the identification of Tams, of Westley Court, Felling, and Stroud, of Eastcote Terrace, Walker.
![[Leandro Lopes must serve a minimum of 26 years behind bars]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/killer-schoolgirl-girl-15-recruited-967881230.jpg?strip=all&w=440)
Justice Constable said the murder was: "Shocking, not just for its brutality and senselessness but because it was encouraged and carried out by three who were, at the time of the killing, children.". The judge told Stroud: "This centred around the retrieval of a dog which you believed belonged to your half sister, following her relationship with Gary.".
![[Jordan Tams also must serve at least 26 years]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/killer-schoolgirl-girl-15-recruited-967881357.jpg?strip=all&w=431)
