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BARRIE – Hot tears of anger, pain and anguish flowed in court as parents watched the man who savagely stabbed their 14-year-old son to death walk away a free man Wednesday.

Killer Nick Bullock, previously sentenced as an adult to life in prison for the murder of his younger cousin, was released on a plea deal to manslaughter after the Court of Appeal tossed the verdict.

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The cousin, Brayton Bullock, was lured into the woods and stabbed 13 times in the face, eye, head, chest and back on March 9, 2006.

“This is not justice – this is a lie!” said the dead boy’s mother, Tammy Warren-Bullock, who trembled and wept in the crowded courtroom as she read out her victim impact statement.

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“The courts have tidied up this case up in a neat little bow to get a conviction, but make no mistake Nick — you are a child killer.”

With tears rolling down her cheeks, the grief-stricken mother looked into the eyes of her son’s killer, who stared her down with no emotion.