Father of murdered grammar school student Yousef Makki arrives at court

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, was killed in Hale Barns, a leafy village south of Manchester popular with top footballers and celebrities.

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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