The Mancunian Way: The boys who became killers

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

Prince Walker-Ayeni was murdered in Moss Side just days before he turned 18. Last month, the two teenage boys who killed him were handed the equivalent of life sentences for juvenile offenders.

But until now, the pair have remained anonymous in press coverage of their cases due to their age They can now both be named following a successful legal challenge brought by the Manchester Evening News.

Trial judge Mrs Justice Ellenbogen agreed with our submission that there was strong public interest in naming the two killers after they were sentenced - as well as the mother of one of the boys who sat next to her son in the dock.

Alkhader Qasem, 17, and Ishaaq Mia, 16, denied murder, claiming they acted in self-defence - but they were both convicted of murdering the 17-year-old on April 4 last year, Meanwhile, Mia's mother Saima Habib, 44, was found guilty of perverting the course of justice in connection with the killing by helping her son to hide evidence in the form a mobile SIM card.