Family pay tribute to stabbed teenager (From Clacton and Frinton Gazette)
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Family pay tribute to Clacton teenager stabbed at party
3:25pm Sunday 9th September 2012 in News
THE grief stricken family of a teenager stabbed to death at a house party have paid tribute to their “lovely boy”.
Seventeen-year-old Jay Whiston, of Aster Close, Clacton, died after being stabbed at a party in Marlowe Way, Colchester, at 10pm last night.
His heartbroken mother, Caroline Shearer, 46, said: “He was a lovely boy. He was caring, sharing and intelligent.
“He was looking forward to the future and was going to go to university.
“He was not a yob or a thug had never been in any trouble before.
It is believed Jay was an A-Level student at Tendring Technology College studying law and business studies.
Jay’s grandfather, David Whiston, 71, of Holland Road, Little Clacton, said: “He was a wonderful boy.
“He loved us and we loved him to bits."
