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| Yousef Makki stabbing: Teen on murder charge bailed | Yousef Makki stabbing: Teen on murder charge bailed |
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| A 17-year-old boy accused of the stabbing murder of another teenager has been granted bail. | A 17-year-old boy accused of the stabbing murder of another teenager has been granted bail. |
| The accused, who cannot be named, was also charged with possessing a knife when he appeared at Manchester Crown Court | |
| Yousef Makki, also 17, from Burnage, died after being stabbed in Gorse Bank Road, Hale Barns, near Altrincham, on Saturday. | Yousef Makki, also 17, from Burnage, died after being stabbed in Gorse Bank Road, Hale Barns, near Altrincham, on Saturday. |
| The boy was bailed until his next court appearance on 29 April. | |
| Manchester Grammar School, where Yousef was studying for his A-levels, said he was a "dearly loved, incredibly bright pupil". | |
| The bail application, made by the accused's barrister Kate Blackwell QC, was held in chambers, with the press and public excluded from the 90-minute hearing. | |
| Judge David Stockdale QC, the Recorder of Manchester, said: "The fact that he has been bailed, it seems to me, is a matter for public knowledge. | |
| "The terms and conditions under which I granted bail were under a hearing in chambers. What the conditions attached to bail are, are not a matter of public knowledge nor are the reasons why I took that decision." | |
| A trial date was set for 18 June. | |
| Another boy, 17, who is charged with assisting an offender and possession of a blade, was bailed on Wednesday to appear at youth court on 28 March. | Another boy, 17, who is charged with assisting an offender and possession of a blade, was bailed on Wednesday to appear at youth court on 28 March. |