Two cousins have been jailed for the killing of a 21-year-old Wolverhampton man who was chased from a shop where he sought refuge and fatally stabbed.

Uriel Johnson died 10 days after he was wounded in the chest by Errol Price, 25, who admitted murder.

Price's cousin Ashley James, 23, was found guilty of manslaughter following a trial in May at which he denied murder.

Price was jailed for life and told he must serve a minimum of 14 years in prison, while James was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.

Sentencing at Wolverhampton Crown Court, Judge John Warner said: "This is yet another tragic example which shows the enormous risk courted and the fatal consequences caused by those who choose to carry knives.

"The clock cannot be turned back. Things are changed forever."

The court heard that the fatal stabbing on July 3 last year was apparently connected to violent events at a local pub and a hospital in the days before the attack.

Prosecutor Matthew Barnes said both defendants were at the Otter and Vixen pub in Wolverhampton, when a disturbance occurred in which Uriel Johnson received a "stab-type" injury in his back.

Later, he said, Price was assaulted at a hospital by people apparently connected with Mr Johnson.

On the day of the fatal stabbing, Mr Johnson, of Wolverhampton, visited a college in the city's Bilston area, as he was looking into further education.

James spotted Mr Johnson walking alone after leaving the college and witnesses told of a "heated argument" between the two.

James is said to have threatened Mr Johnson, telling him: "I'm going to put a hole in you."

The prosecution argued that at this point James had on him a knife which may have been the murder weapon later used by Price.

Mr Johnson ran to a wine shop, appearing "very frightened", and told people in the store he was being chased by someone with a knife.

The court heard that James picked up Price in his car and the two defendants drove around the area looking for Mr Johnson, before Price went into the wine shop wielding a knife and chased Mr Johnson out into the street.

Slipping and falling onto his back as he tried to escape, the "defenceless" victim tried to strike out and was stabbed in the chest by Price, the court heard.

Although Mr Johnson managed to struggle to his feet and flee the scene, his wound would prove fatal.

The defendants went on the run and were later arrested in London.

Defending Price, Nicholas Valios QC said: "Seeing the deceased in the shop, the defendant stupidly chose to chase him out."

He said that Price had "no intent to kill" and did not think the wound was going to be fatal.

The judge noted that Price, who has a young family, was not a man of previous good character, but there were had no convictions which aggravated the offence.

James, who had convictions for wounding with a knife and carrying a knife in a public place, was serving a suspended sentence at the time of the stabbing.

James, of Hailes Park Close, Parkfields, Wolverhampton, and Price, of All Saints Road, All Saints, Wolverhampton, remained impassive as they learned their sentences.

The family of Mr Johnson, who was one of five brothers, were also in court today and remained calm as they learned his killers' fates.

The court was told of the "anguish" of their vigil at hospital in the days between the attack and Mr Johnson's death.