Yousef Makki: Judges order fresh inquest

The family of 17-year-old Yousef Makki, who died after being stabbed in Hale Barns, have been granted a fresh inquest.

This morning (Friday 20 January) High Court judges quashed the original inquest findings, in which a coroner ruled out both unlawful killing and accidental death as reasons for Yousef's death in March 2019.

Yousef was stabbed by Joshua Molnar, aged 17, at the time, who claimed self-defence and was acquitted of murder and manslaughter after a trial, three months after Yousef's death.

Yousef's family, from Burnage, brought a judicial review in 2022 following the first inquest, challenging the coroner's finding that there was an insufficiency of evidence on the "central issue" of whether the killing was unlawful.

On Friday Lady Justice Macur and Mr Justice Fordham handed down their ruling at the High Court in Manchester, quashing the conclusions of the first inquest and ordering a fresh inquest before a different coroner.

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