‘I’m down but not out’ taunts jailed Ben Kinsella’s killer on Facebook

Stabbed: Ben Kinsella, 16, was killed by Jade Braithwaite on a night out
Alistair Foster12 April 2012

Brooke Kinsella has spoken out after her brother's killer has set up a Facebook page from behind bars.

Jade Braithwaite, one of three thugs who stabbed 16-year-old Ben in Islington in 2008, posted taunts including: "I'm down but not out."

Braithwaite, who was 19 at the time of the murder and was jailed for life, wrote: "I also wish I had a remote control for people, that way I could mute or delete people when I need to. With the people who have condemn [sic] me I could fill a series for Jeremy Kyle, you know who you are!"

It is thought he used a BlackBerry to set up the page from his cell at Aylesbury Young Offenders' Institute in Buckinghamshire. His profile picture is of a T-shirt with the slogan: "Free Jade Braithwaite."

Former EastEnders star Brooke, 26, said: "My family and I are appalled that Jade Braithwaite is able to operate a Facebook site — and to use the site to protest his innocence is really upsetting. We are disgusted by the comments on the site and feel it is a real insult to Ben's memory."

Ben was killed while celebrating his GCSEs after one of the thugs claimed he gave him a dirty look.

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