Court orders new inquest on schoolboy stabbed to death

THE family of a schoolboy who was stabbed to death vowed to continue their ‘fight for justice’ yesterday after the High Court ordered a new inquest.

Yousef Makki, 17, a pupil at private Manchester Grammar School, was knifed through the heart in 2019. An inquest in 2021 found there was insufficient evidence of unlawful killing.

Josh Molnar, also 17 at the time, was cleared of murder and manslaughter after he claimed self-defence. He said Yousef drew a flick knife and he put out his hands to protect himself while holding a blade. There were no other witnesses. The Makki family have always maintained Yousef was a ‘peacemaker’ after a dispute between Molnar and another teenager in Hale Barns near Manchester. The city’s High Court yesterday branded the inquest’s conclusions ‘ inadequate’ and ordered another. Yousef’s family have always disputed the claim he had a knife.

His sister Jade Akoum said: ‘We will not stop until we have justice.’