Five people - four teenagers and a 45-year-old man - have now been sentenced for the murders of two best friends, Max Dixon and Mason Rist. The stabbing took place yards from Mason's front door in a case of mistaken identity. The attack horrified communities living and working in south Bristol, including those sent to investigate.
Det Supt Gary Haskins' job is to investigate murders. As head of the major crime investigation team he is told about all of them in the Avon and Somerset area. But the murder of 15-year-old Mason Rist and his best friend Max Dixon, 16, will stay with him and his team forever.
"This was one of those investigations that is thankfully not an every day, not an every year, not an every lifetime [occurrence]," he said. "This is an investigation that will live with me and my colleagues for the rest of our careers and lives." Det Supt Haskins first received the call about Max and Mason's stabbing on a Sunday morning - the day after they were attacked at about 23:00 GMT on Saturday 27 January.
The boys had been knifed down in the street with machetes, just yards from Mason's front door in Knowle West. "I'm a human being, I'm a parent. These were two boys going about their business just out being friends," Det Supt Haskins said.
"They were attacked with probably some of the most horrific weapons I've ever seen in my career." The boys were murdered by four teenagers who were seeking revenge after a separate incident in Hartcliffe - which Max and Mason had abso.
