An inquest into the death of Yousef Makki is due to go ahead next month, despite lawyers arguing there is ‘no sufficient case’.
South Manchester Coroners’ Court has confirmed that the inquest is still scheduled to commence on November 8. Seventeen-year-old Yousef died after being stabbed in the heart by friend Joshua Molnar in a fight in Hale Barns , Trafford, on March 2, 2019.
Mr Molnar, 19, from Hale, was found not guilty of murder and manslaughter following a trial at Manchester Crown Court last year.
He told a jury Yousef pulled a knife first and said he acted in self-defence. However, he admitted possessing the knife which inflicted the fatal injury, as well as lying to police at the scene.
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