Disturbing pictures the family of Yousef Makki want all parents to see
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA blood-soaked top. Blood-spattered trainers. These are the shocking keepsakes that the family of stabbing victim Yousef Makki want all parents to see, to encourage a conversation with their kids and prevent another family suffering the devastation caused by knife crime.
Yousef became an unwanted emblem of how knife crime has blighted all parts of society when he was fatally stabbed through the heart aged 17.
From a humble background, the talented Manchester Grammar School pupil from Burnage had been killed by his rich friend, Joshua Molnar, on leafy Gorse Bank Road in affluent Hale Barns on March 2, 2019.
Now his campaigning older sister, Jade Akoum, has written a book, The Boy With A Pound In His Pocket, which outlines with shocking openness and detail how a single stab wound not only ended Yousef's promising life but also ripped apart many others. READ MORE:Shock and sadness from friends and family as investigation continues into neighbours found dead In her book, Jade, a mother-of-four, has published images of the blood-soaked top Yousef had been wearing that night, as well as the blood-spattered Nike trainers he had on when he was stabbed.
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