A 19-year-old man has been jailed for life for murdering Barnsley milkman Ronnie Kettridge with a ceremonial dagger.

Jamie Lee Osbourne, of Abbeydale Road, Sheffield, was guilty of "an act of horrendous savagery", judge Mr Justice Nelson told Sheffield Crown Court.

His girlfriend, Adele Silkstone, 17, of Vikinglea Close, Sheffield, was detained for eight years after being found guilty of manslaughter for her role in the killing.

Mr Kettridge, 56, was found bleeding to death on the Prince of Wales Road in the Manor area of Sheffield by a passing taxi driver in the early hours of 5 April.

Stab wounds

The father of two grown-up daughters, who had been married to his partner Pauline for just five weeks, was driving to work at the Co-op Dairy in Norton, South Yorkshire, from his home in Birdwell, Barnsley, when he was attacked.

The court heard that Silkstone pushed a button on a pedestrian crossing and Mr Kettridge stopped his car as the lights turned red.

Osbourne, a martial arts fanatic who was dressed as a ninja, then jumped into Mr Kettridge's car and stabbed him four times in the face and once in the chest.

He threw Mr Kettridge out of the car, stole his personal belongings and left him bleeding to death on the road, driving off in his victim's car with Silkstone by his side.

The judge said the circumstances in which Mr Kettridge died were so horrendous "words seemed feeble instruments to describe them" and the recollection of the details "chills the blood".

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tis a sad, sad state when the milkmen of this world are no longer safe from ninjas.

...*shakes her head* The world is full of crack pots...between the guys who lock women in their cellers for years, cannibals, and guys who are channeling the spirit of a japanese assassin, I think insanity is on the rise...

Of course, 'life' means he'll be out in 8 years...if even that long...

I wonder if his bail was less than Michael Jackson's ? O.J. Simpson's was.

Real Ultimate Power - The official Ninja Website

I guess that Ninja must have totally flipped out, altough i wonder if there were wailling guitars in background..

intersting link bathory.
the theme music is actually a MIDI of a Jayzee song called Big Pimpin. What ninjas and pimps have in common I shall never know.

Unfortunately, I think the fellow spent too much time reading this ridiculously funny webpage.
Sad. I was always able to realize that it was just a joke.

Sax!
Im glad to see you posting again!
Ninjitsu is an actual martial art tho. You can find classes in every major city. I dont think they dress up like ninjas tho. Its eveloved into a self defense class. Very similar to karate, only with less forms and I think the emphasis is against an armed assailant.

The "Real Ultimate Power - The official Ninja Website" was great. I wonder if his friend Mark did go through puberty yet? Also, I wonder if all Ninjas have the same attitude like the website states?

WHAT?! We really got some fruit cakes running around out there!

INSANE!

Ack , that actually goes against what nijas are taught in every way ! That guy is a crackpot , frootation loop , monkey do jon , loon , fruitcake , and whatever else you got . Just dont call him a ninja . I like the title saying he is wanabe ninja .