Live sentencing: Teenager who murdered family and planned school massacre jailed
Nicholas Prosper, 19, has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 49 years. He was sentenced at Luton Crown Court - the live stream of the judge's remarks has now ended, but you can watch the moment the sentence was delivered in the video below.
Wednesday 19 March 2025 13:26, UK
A teenager who killed his mother and two siblings and wanted to carry out the "biggest massacre of the 21st century" has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 49 years.
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Nicholas Prosper shot his mother Juliana Falcon, 48, sister Giselle, 13, and shot and stabbed his brother Kyle, 16, at their home in Luton on 13 September last year.
Luton Crown Court heard yesterday that he also planned to kill 30 children at his former primary school.
He had plotted to kill the youngest at the school during assembly, and had previously taken pictures of staff and pupils, but was arrested before he could make his way there.
His "main wish", according to the prosecution, was notoriety, telling a prison nurse "I wish I had killed more", and he wanted to cause "the biggest massacre in the 21st century".
Prosper admitted the murders last month, as well as:
• buying a shotgun without a certificate;
• possession of a shotgun with intent to endanger life;
• and possession of a kitchen knife in a public place.
He was sentenced at the same court on Wednesday by Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.