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Three thugs who killed American tourist Julian Jones in a senseless, swift attack were sentenced Friday to eight years in prison.

“He was a completely innocent 26-year-old bystander with a wonderful life ahead of him,” said Justice John McMahon in passing manslaughter sentences against Kamari Folkes, Kenneth Omorogbe and Andrew O’Brien for the deadly stomping outside the Blnd Tger Lounge in Little Italy in November 2016.

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“It was a cowardly, brutal attack that lasted less than a minute,” said McMahon. “Jones died for no reason and now four young men will have their lives changed forever.”

Folkes, 27, Omorogbe, 26, and O’Brien, 30, pleaded guilty to manslaughter after being charged with second-degree murder for fatally beating Jones, who was attending a friend’s bachelor party.

The three killers, who were all drinking, were involved in another altercation with another group before they approached Jones and a friend as they bought food from a hot dog vendor on College St.