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A visibly frightened 13-year-old boy wept in the prisoner’s box Monday morning as the charges against him in the killings of two convenience store clerks were read aloud to court.

The youth swayed on his feet and wiped tears from his eyes as a court clerk read the charges of first-degree murder in the deaths of Ricky Massin Cenabre and Karanpal Singh Bhangu. Both men were shot to death early Friday while they worked at Mac’s stores in south Edmonton.

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The boy said nothing as his defence lawyer Akram Attia reserved his plea. Two sheriffs lead the boy from youth court.

“I love you,” a supporter called out before they quickly left the courtroom. The 13-year-old cannot be identified under the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

Twenty minutes earlier, in a different courtroom, the youth’s co-accused, Laylin Cole Alex Delorme, 24, and Colton James Steinhauer, 27, made their first appearances by closed-circuit television. Both clad in orange jumpsuits, the men kept their hands clasped behind their backs and said little as court heard both need to retain lawyers to face the murder charges against them.