Two men have been jailed for life for murdering a Leyton man who was stabbed to death at a wedding party. 

Ashley Latty 25, was set upon by an armed gang and repeatedly punched, kicked and stabbed in May last year. 

He died later in hospital from a stab wound to the heart. 

Nicholas Terrelonge, 28,  from Leytonstone, and Tyler Burton, 29, of Aberdour Road, in Ilford were found guilty of murder at the Old Bailey on Friday and jailed on Monday for a minimum of 20 years. 

Kestrel Daniel Dyer, 26, from Barking, and Jerome Joseph, 28, of Manor Park Road in Manor Park, were cleared of murder, but found guilty of attempted grievous bodily harm. 

They were jailed for six and a half years and six years respectively.

Nana Oppong, 34, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to attempted GBH and was found not guilty of murder. He was jailed for four years.

Damien Carnegie, 30, from Leytonstone, Daniel Agyeman, 24, from Thornton Heath and Aimee Penfold, 25, from Croydon, were found not guilty of assisting an offender and perverting the course of justice. 

Mr Latty and those convicted had attended the ticketed party at The Beaver Centre in Selinas Lane, Dagenham. 

CCTV showed the group loitering by the entrance to the car park before returning to the centre at around 5.30am, the court heard. 

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Ashley Latty died of a stab wound to the heart

A man was filmed covering his face with a jumper before being handed a bottle by Terrelonge. 

Mr Latty was then attacked and repeatedly beaten and stabbed for about one minute. 

An air ambulance was called and Mr Latty was taken to hospital, where he died a short time later. 

A man who went to his defence was also attacked. 

A post-mortem the following day gave the cause of death as multiple stab wounds.  

He had been knifed twice in the back and three times in the chest.

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Nicholas Terrelonge, 28, from Leytonstone is due to be sentenced on Monday for murder

Detective Chief Inspector Neale Baldock, of the Met's Homicide and Major Crime Command, said: "Ashley Latty went out that weekend with the sole intention of enjoying himself and his friends' company; earlier that Saturday he had been a guest at a wedding party. 

"He was set upon by a group of men who launched a vicious attack, inflicting severe injuries, which ultimately led to his death. Today's convictions illustrate that if you partake in violence, regardless of the extent, you will be held accountable for your actions. 

"We may not know for certain why this attack happened, but what we do know, is the number of families that have been torn apart by the senseless events of that morning." 

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Tyler Burton was sentenced to life for Mr Latty's murder