An “insulting nickname” led to the knife murder of a 17-year-old Bermudian in Britain, an English judge has said.

Lyrico Steede, a Bermudian student living with his family in Nottingham, was targeted by a rival group of teenagers who had been dubbed “the Athlete Gang” as a taunt that they ran away from confrontation.

Mr Justice Lavender, who sentenced the five last Friday, added that “drill rap videos” had also played a “prominent role” in the attack on Mr Steede in February 13 last year.

He told the group: “You and your associates were given an insulting nickname. You were called the Athlete Gang.

“You were called athletes by people who suggested that you ran away from fights. The people who made that suggestion included Lyrico Steede.”

Kasharn Campbell, 19, was sentenced to 20 years for murder, and Christian Jameson, 18, was jailed for 16 years.

Three others were sentenced for manslaughter for their part in the attack

Remmell Miller-Campbell, 18, was jailed for nine years and a 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was sentenced to 7½ years.

A 16-year-old girl, who also cannot be identified, was jailed for six years.

Nottingham Crown Court was told that Campbell, Jameson and Miller-Campbell wanted revenge after they were mocked by Mr Steede and his friends.

Campbell appeared in a rap music video filmed two days after the attack, with lyrics that included “anyone screaming Athlete Gang gonna get rambled up” — a reference to stabbing.

The judge told them it was “a case about stabbing, and so much of that music is about stabbing”.

Mr Justice Lavender told Campbell he was “sure” that CCTV footage from the night of the attack showed him “putting on rubber gloves to keep Lyrico Steede’s blood off your hands”.

He added the three who accompanied him were there to add “strength of numbers”.

Mr Justice Lavender said: “He ran and you all chased him, running past the homes of people who had no idea that there were killers on the loose just outside their front doors.”

The judge told Campbell, the oldest, that he had stabbed Mr Steede with the intention of killing him and that Jameson was his “right-hand man”.

Miller-Campbell was said to have played a smaller role and Mr Justice Lavender said he believed he and the 17-year-old did not take part in the stabbing.

The girl was told she had played a “crucial role” at Campbell’s instigation.

Mr Justice Lavender said: “With remarkable cynicism, you then sent Snapchat messages to Mr Steede pretending you knew nothing about the ambush and claiming that you were yourself a victim, in that your iPad had been stolen, when in fact you were a party to the crime.

“The jury were not sure that you intended that Mr Steede should be caused really serious harm, but they were sure that you intended that he should be stabbed.”

Mr Steede died in hospital on February 18, five days after being lured to a park in the Bulwell suburb of Nottingham to meet the 16-year-old girl.

He was chased and stabbed after he arrived for the meeting.

Mr Justice Lavender said the victim’s injuries included stab wounds to his lungs.

He added a stab to Mr Steede’s right leg damaged the victim’s femoral artery and caused “significant bleeding”.

The court heard that Mr Steede had a heart attack, which deprived his brain of oxygen, as he was rushed to hospital.

Mr Justice Lavender added that his mother, Keishaye Steede, had given a “very moving statement”.

He told the five: “What you have inflicted on her is, as she has said, a mother’s worst nightmare.”

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