The mother of Olly Stephens is “worried” for other people who may meet her son’s killers in future as a judge ruled their names will not be made public.

Ahead of their sentencing today, Judge Heather Norton ruled that the two 14-year-old boys who were convicted of murdering 13-year-old Olly Stephens at Bugs Bottom Fields on January 3 would remain anonymous.

The identity of the 14-year-old girl who admitted to manslaughter is also protected.

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Speaking ahead of the sentencing, Olly’s parents Stuart and Amanda Stephens revealed that they supported keeping the schoolchildren’s names out of the public to “protect their families.”

However, Olly’s mother Amanda expressed fears that people who meet the offenders in future without knowing what they have done could be at risk.

She said: “I would just worry for the future for other people and any harm that could come to anyone else by not knowing who they are.”

After the Judge decided not to lift the restrictions on publicising the names of the offenders, their identities will be protected until they turn 18. Once they are adults, their identities can be made public.

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Supporting this move, Stuart Stevens said: “I don’t see the point in naming them.

“Social media is playing its part in all of that anyway, it's uncontrollable, but they are minors, the law says they are protected.

“Don’t forget you are protecting the family by not naming them, because they’re having to adjust to their life. You’re protecting the siblings by not naming them.

“I hold all three of those people equally responsible for what happened to Olly, but there’s no point getting angry, no point chucking mud at them because that’s what the legal system is for, and we have to have faith in the legal system.”

Members of the press had appealed for the restrictions on reporting the offenders’ identities to be lifted, but the Judge opted to keep them in place. This moved was backed by the defence teams and the prosecution.

Under Section 45 of the youth justice and criminal evidence act 1999, Judges have the power to impose anonymity orders on anyone aged under 18 for a juvenile ‘concerned in the proceedings’ of a court case.

Breaching these restrictions is a criminal offence and can amount to contempt of court.