Charity set up in Yousef Makki's name three years on from his tragic death

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The family of Yousef Makki has launched a charity in his name on the third anniversary of his tragic death. Yousef, a talented bursary student at the elite Manchester Grammar School from Burnage, was just 17 when he fatally stabbed by his friend Joshua Molnar in Hale Barns.

Molnar, a former public schoolboy from a wealthy Hale family, was acquitted of Yousef's murder. Today, on the day that marks three years since Yousef's death on March 2, 2019, his family has launched the Yousef Makki Foundation. READ MORE: Yousef Makki's family call for judicial review to overturn coroner's verdict They said that although 'each year is as difficult as the last', they wanted to create something in his legacy to help other people.

The foundation will provide educational hardship funds for young people with 'similarly disadvantaged background to Yousef'.

Once an initial £10,000 has been raised, the funds will help 'dozens of young people' in and around Greater Manchester to 'excel in their educational endeavours'.