Evil teen killers named after boy, 17, brutally murdered in the street
dailyrecord.co.ukTwo teen killers have been named for the first time after a 17-year-old boy was brutally murdered in the street. Tafari Smith, then 16, stabbed Kyle Hackland before other teenagers joined in with the evil attack.Kyle’s killers were looking for revenge after a drug deal went wrong the day before the callous stabbing Manchester Crown Court heard.
But the tragic teen had nothing to do with the incident and was walking alongside his friend on Southlea Road in Withington, at around 11.30am on November 22 last year, when the attackers saw Kyle and attacked him.Smith, now 17, was previously found guilty of murder can now be named for the first time after the Manchester Evening News successfully applied to a judge for the anonymity afforded to juvenile offenders to be lifted.
Yousef Sesay and Lewis Ludford, both 18, were also convicted of murder. Alfie Benson, 17, can also be named for the first time.
Benson was not involved in the attack, but was the driver of a stolen VW Golf which ferried the killers to and from the scene.
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