26 years, while it is a personal triumph for their 34-year-old Dutch player-manager Ruud Gullit who becomes the first black manager and the first foreign manager to win a major trophy in England. 18 May – The football world is stunned by the retirement of Manchester United captain Eric Cantona six days before his 31st birthday. 29 May – Harrods owner Mohammed Al Fayed buys Fulham F.C., newly promoted to Division Two, for £30million. June 2 June – The Halifax Building Society floats on the London Stock Exchange. Over 7.5 million customers of the Society become shareholders of the new bank, the largest extension of shareholders in UK history. 12 June – Law lords declare that former Home Secretary, Michael Howard, acted illegally in raising the minimum sentence of the Bulger killers Robert Thompson and Jon Venables to 15 years. They also strip the government of setting minimum terms for prisoners aged under 18 who had received life or indefinite prison sentences. 19 June – McDonald's wins the "McLibel" libel case, the longest trial in English legal history, against two environmental campaigners. 20 June – Charlie Kray, 71-year-old brother of the Kray Twins, is found guilty of planning a £39million cocaine smuggling deal. 23 June – Charlie Kray is jailed for 12 years. 26 June – Home Secretary Jack Straw launches a fresh inquiry into the Hillsborough disaster. 27 June – Manchester United sign the England national football team striker Teddy Sheringham from Tottenham Hotspur for £3.5million. July 29 July – Tracie Andrews is found guilty of murdering her fiancée Lee Harvey, who was stabbed to death on a Worcestershire country lane nearly eight months ago in what she claimed was a road rage attack. Andrews, 28, is sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommended minimum of 14 years. 31 July – At the Uxbridge by-election, John Randall holds the seat for the Conservatives. August 3 August – Manchester United win the FA Charity Shield on penalties after drawing 1–1 with Chelsea at Wembley. 18 August – An 11-year-old Bedfordshire boy is due to become Britain's youngest father, as his 15-year-old girlfriend is expecting a baby. September 2 September – 18-year-old West Ham United FC defender Rio Ferdinand, the youngest current member of the England football team, is dropped from the squad after being found guilty on a drink-driving charge for which he receives a one-year ban from driving. 6