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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Maeve McClenaghan

How were three boys who played no active role in a Manchester killing convicted of manslaughter?

Manchester crown court building
The case was tried at Manchester crown court. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA

On 22 January 2022, 11 boys entered a CCTV blind spot at the intersection of two roads in Stretford, Manchester. Only 10 left alive. Sixteen-year-old Kennie Carter was stabbed, his last words heard by his older brother to whom he was on the phone at the time: “They’ve stabbed me in my heart, bro.”

Kennie’s mother, Joan Dixon, later described how her family had been shattered by his death.

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