THE bereaved parents of Olly Stephens have spoken about how they “feel nothing” towards the teenagers who killed their son.

13-year-old Olly’s future was tragically taken from him on January 3, when he was stabbed to death in Bugs Bottom Fields, just minutes from his home in Emmer Green.

Following a trial in the summer, two boys, both aged 14, were found guilty of murdering Olly. A 14-year-old girl also pleaded guilty to manslaughter; they were sentenced earlier today.

All three cannot be named for legal reasons.

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Ahead of the sentencing, Stuart and Amanda Stephens spoke to the Reading Chronicle about how they felt “justice was done” for Olly when the two boys were found guilty by a unanimous jury.

The pair added they “feel nothing” towards the teenagers who took their son from them.

Stuart said: “I’ve got no feelings where they’re concerned.

“I personally don’t see them as people anymore. To me they’re irrelevant. We are in this situation because of them but they don’t mean anything to me.”

“All I felt throughout this whole thing is sadness,” added Amanda. “There isn’t a feeling of anger towards them, it’s just sadness at the situation that’s been created, and the loss for us and for everybody.”

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Olly’s mum and dad also expressed their feelings on the parents of their son’s killers.

Amanda said: “All I know is that they must be living in hell like we are.

“It’s a complete, utter nightmare and their children have done what they’ve done, this awful thing. It must be hell for them.”

“The parents didn’t do it, said Stuart. “I can quite easily disengage from that. One of the mums who was in court, she looked how we felt, but the difference is that their child is still alive.

“Someone asked me why aren’t I getting angry? Well, what’s the point?

“It’s not going to solve anything, you could lose your head, throw things around, break stuff, but there’s no point.”

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After sitting through almost every day of the trial, Stuart and Amanda were hoping that justice was done, and after the guilty verdict came through, they were satisfied that had been achieved.

Amanda said: “We did want to be there, we just wanted to make sure that justice was done for Olly, which it was.

“We got the answers we wanted to get, to understand what happened that day.”

“That was one of the reasons we went to the trial,” Stuart said. “We wanted to fully understand the picture, because you don’t expect your child to leave the house and be dead in 15 minutes, especially where we live.

Following the lengthy trial, the jury returned with a unanimous guilty verdict for both of the boys after 18 hours and seven minutes of deliberations.

“It was like the floor opened up beneath you,” said Stuart. “It was so surreal.”

“You feel like your insides have just fallen out, it’s the only way to describe it.

“You are dealing with children at the end of the day, but they had murdered our son.

“We’ve lost our son and we’ve already got a life sentence, but it’s the repercussions of those words and the families involved and the ripple it will have.

“There’s no escaping this for the rest of their lives, but they are still alive.”