Father of murdered grammar school student Yousef Makki arrives at court as two teenagers go on trial accused of stabbing the 17-year-old to death in the street
The father of a 17-year-old grammar school pupil who was stabbed to death on a street has arrived at court as two teenagers go on trial for his murder.
Yousef Makki, 17, was killed in Hale Barns, a leafy village south of Manchester popular with top footballers and celebrities.
The youngster, from an Anglo-Lebanese family from Burnage, Manchester, had won a scholarship to attend the prestigious £12,000-a-year Manchester Grammar School and dreamed of becoming a heart surgeon.
A 17-year-old boy has pleaded not guilty to his murder on March 2.
Yousef Makki, 17, (right) was killed in Hale Barns, a leafy village south of Manchester popular with top footballers and celebrities. His father was photographed arriving at court today (right)
A second defendant, also aged 17, denies perverting the course of justice and conspiracy to commit robbery.
Neither defendant can be named because they are aged under 18.
A trial before Mr Justice Bryan, scheduled to last two weeks, will begin later today at Manchester Crown Court.
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