Judges have overturned the inquest verdict handed down after a teenager was stabbed to death and a fresh inquest will now be held. Joshua Molnar stabbed Yousef Makki with a flick knife after the two, both then aged 17, had a row on the evening of March 2, 2019.
Molnar, from a wealthy Cheshire family, was cleared of murder and manslaughter following a trial at Manchester Crown Court four months later. He claimed self-defence and told the jury that knives were produced after they argued and there was a “coming together”, the court heard.
Molnar, Yousef and another youth, Adam Chowdhary, then 17, had all carried knives that night. Molnar was jailed for 16 months for possession of a knife in a public place and perverting the course of justice by lying to police at the scene.
