Coroner rules Burnage teen Yousef Makki WAS unlawfully killed

Yousef Makki was stabbed in 2019

Author: Olivia DaviesPublished 25th Oct 2023
Last updated 25th Oct 2023

A fresh inquest into the death of a 17-year-old who died after being stabbed in 2019 has found he was unlawfully killed.

The hearing at South Manchester Coroner's Court comes after a previous inquest into Yousef Makki's death was quashed by high court judges earlier this year.

Yousef died after being stabbed through the heart with a flick knife in Hale Barns whilst out with friends in March 2019.

After an inquest in 2021 in which a coroner ruled out both unlawful killing and accidental death as reasons for Yousef's death, his family took the decision to the high court.

After a judicial review in 2022 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.

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.

The second inquest has heard evidence again, including from Joshua Molnar as well as other witnesses.

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