Nearly 150 miles away from home, Luke O'Connor was living the student life to the full. An undergraduate at Manchester Metropolitan University, he had embraced his new city and was adjusting to life in Fallowfield, a mecca for thousands of students moving here every year.
But a few weeks after returning to Manchester to embark on the second year of his business management course, back home in Bedford, north of Luton, his parents received the call that every family dreads. Luke, just 19 years old, with dreams of travelling the world, had been killed and become yet another victim of knife crime, the pernicious evil which has permeated society.
His death caused terror in the heart of the city's studentland. But his killer was no lone wolf predator stalking students.
