5 British boys sent to prison in slaying

LONDON (AP) — A judge sentenced five boys to two years in prison Friday for stoning a 67-year-old man who collapsed and died of a heart attack as he played cricket with his son. The boys, the youngest of whom was 10, were convicted in August of manslaughter.

Prosecutor Anthony Orchard told the Central Criminal Court the boys went on a rampage in February 2006 and attacked Ernest Norton and his son, James. The boys threw a hail of sticks and stones at Norton. Two stones struck the father of two on the temple and fractured his cheekbone. Norton collapsed on the ground from a heart attack.