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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Mark Brown North of England correspondent

Police launch murder inquiry over man who died 15 years after being stabbed

Christopher Linton smiles as he poses for a photograph
Linton was stabbed near a Blockbuster video store on Bolton Road on 4 October 2008. Photograph: Greater Manchester Police

Police have opened a murder investigation into the case of a man who died last year from stab injuries sustained 15 years earlier.

Detectives said they believed the death of Chris Linton, 40, could be directly linked to an “unprovoked and terrible attack” on him near a Blockbuster video shop in Bury on 4 October 2008.

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