Boy accused of Yousef Makki murder given bail by court
Yousef Makki, 17, was killed in a knife attack in Hale Barns.
A 17-year-old boy accused of murdering Manchester grammar school pupil Yousef Makki has been given bail.
Yousef, 17, who dreamed of becoming a heart surgeon, was stabbed to death on Saturday evening in Hale Barns.
His alleged killer, who we can't name because of his age, appeared in the dock at Manchester Crown Court, with his mother and father in the public gallery.
The accused was granted bail by Judge David Stockdale QC, Recorder of Manchester.
Unusually the application for bail made by the defendant's barrister, Kate Blackwell QC, was held in chambers, with press and public excluded from the 90-minute hearing.
After the bail application was heard the press were allowed back into court while other preliminary legal matters were dealt with ahead of a trial, scheduled for 18th June.
The bail conditions have not been made public.
The defendant, wearing a grey sweatshirt and jeans, was led back to the cells at the end of the hearing ahead of his release on bail.
He will next be back in court on 29th April for a pre-trial hearing.
The judge was brought back into court following the hearing after reporters requested details of whether the defendant had been granted bail or any conditions.
They had not been given in open court and no order had been made banning identification of the defendant.
Judge Stockdale returned to court to impose an order banning the press from identifying the defendant.
He added: "The fact that he has been bailed, it seems to me, is a matter for public knowledge.
"The terms and conditions under which I granted bail were under a hearing in chambers. What the conditions attached to bail are, are not a matter of public knowledge nor are the reasons why I took that decision.
"In the interests of justice I decline to say any more about the bail application."