Summer 2000 – Damilola Taylor’s family come to Britain from Nigeria searching for a better life
November 27 – The schoolboy dies after being stabbed to death in a stairwell in peckham, south-east London
December – Police make a series of arrests
January 19, 2001 – Family members, footballers and government officials attend the schoolboy’s funeral
June – Four youths are charged with murder and assault with intent to rob
January 2002 – The group go on trial at the Old Bailey but the case falls apart and eventually all four are cleared
January 2005 – Two brothers and Hassan Jihad, 19, are charged in connection with the killing
January 24, 2006 – The three men go on trial at the Old Bailey
March 7 – An expert for the defence said that Damilola fell on a shard of glass and was not stabbed
April 3 – Hassan Jihad, 20, is cleared of all charges
April 4 – The brothers are cleared of murder but the jury cannot reach a verdict on manslaughter charges
June 23 – Danny and Rickie Preddie face a retrial at the Old Bailey. They are named for the first time as they have both turned 18
August 9 – Both men are found guilty of manslaughter and are jailed for eight years
April 2008 – Gloria Taylor, Damilola’s mother, dies from a heart attack after collapsing in the street
September 2010 – Ricky Preddie is released on parole just four years after the eight-year sentence was handed down
2011 – Danny Preddie is released from prison
March 2011 – Ricky is returned to prison after visiting to Peckham from his west London bail hostel in breach of his licence conditions
October 2011 – Ricky beat up another prisoner, but a Parole Board hearing on December 23 decided he should be released on January 25, 2012
February 2012 – Just 16 days after he is released, Ricky Preddie is back in prison for again violating his parole by going to areas he was banned from and visiting friends from his old gang
May 2013 – Ricky Preddie is released after serving every day of his eight-year sentence
December 2013 – Ricky Preddie returns to prison following a high-speed chase on a stolen motorbike