Mr Slater’s final moments were spent running from eight armed males aged between 11 and 29 at a city train station in the early hours of the morning.
The 26-year-old victim was killed when the group caught up with him and attacked him in a dark alcove.
Six young men dubbed by prosecutors as the “Patrick Slater slayers” were found guilty of murder after a Supreme Court trial earlier this year.
Christopher Birdsall, Dylan Anthony, Robert Pickett and brothers Stefan and Clinton Mead were today sentenced to life behind bars with minimums of between 16 and 18 years.
An 18-year-old, who can not be named because he was a juvenile at the time, will spend 12 years behind bars over the murder.
A 16-year-old boy spent three days on trial for murder with the other men before pleading guilty to manslaughter.
He re-joined his co-accused in the dock today and was sentenced to 4.5 years detention.
Supreme Court Justice Peter Martino said the males were motivated by revenge when they attacked Mr Slater.
He said Mr Slater had 23 external injuries, including a fatal stab wound, when the group walked away and left him dying on the floor.
“He died quickly after he was fatally stabbed,” Justice Martino said.
“None of them made any attempt to assist Mr Slater.”
Source: Prosecutor names group murder leader | Perth Now
