It was the word that prompted gasps from the public gallery as it left the coroner's mouth: "Manslaughter." Joshua Molnar had been acquitted of it - and murder - following a criminal trial for the fatal stabbing of Yousef Makki.
In a second blow for his family's fight for justice, an inquest into the teenager's death produced no firm conclusions, leaving them 'disgusted'.
Setback followed setback. And all this while Yousef's loved ones grieved for another pillar of the family - his mum, Debbie, who 'died with a broken heart' 14 months after her 'golden boy' son.
But his sister, Jade Akoum, vowed to continue. READ MORE: 'My brother Yousef Makki was killed in the most appalling way...
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