A judge has granted permission for a full judicial review into the inquest of of Yousef Makki.
The 17-year-old was fatally stabbed in Hale Barns, Greater Manchester, on March 2, 2019, and his family have been pushing for a review of the inquest to quash the narrative conclusion recorded by the coroner following a seven-day inquest in November 2021. Senior South Manchester Coroner Alison Mutch said she could not conclude the death as either unlawful or accidental, with the finding being described as 'disgusting' by the family.
Following the conclusion, an application was made to the High Court by a QC acting on behalf of Yousef's father, Ghaleb Makki, with the review officially granted at Manchester Civil Justice Centre on May 18, the Manchester Evening News reports. Yousef was a talented bursary student at the elite Manchester Grammar School (MGS), and was fatally stabbed through the heart by his friend Joshua Molnar, a former public schoolboy from a wealthy family in Hale.
