Footage shows moment man accused of murdering ex's teenage son was found on dinghy in English Channel

Footage has showed the moment a man accused of murdering his ex partner's teenage son was found on a dinghy in the English Channel.

Suleman Altaf is on trial accused of stabbing the 15-year-old son of his estranged partner to death before allegedly trying to cross the English Channel in the small boat.

Jurors previously heard that Altaf was tracked down on the waters by a lifeboat crew responding to reports of a 'drifting dinghy' who 'persuaded' him after more than an hour to come on board.

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The court heard that Altaf told the RNLI crew that he intended to sail to France then travel on to Portugal. Footage, which has been played to the jury in court, has showed the moment the RNLI spotted the dinghy in the English Channel.

Mr Altaf, 45, is standing trial at Manchester Crown Court accused of the murder in Miles Platting on June 9, 2022, of teenager Jakub Szymanski and the attempted murder of Jakub's mother, his former partner Katarzyna Bastek.

He's also charged with possessing a knife in a public place. Altaf, of no fixed abode, denies all three charges he faces.

The jury previously heard that Mr Altaf was armed with a knife when he allegedly turned up at Ms Bastek's family home in Bednal Avenue and attacked her.

The court heard that Jakub came to his mother's 'aid' but was allegedly stabbed in the neck by Mr Altaf at the family home and later died in hospital.

Prosecutors allege that he then took a taxi to his then home in Slough and drove to the coast. The following day, June 10, jurors heard that an RNLI crew were sent out to the English Channel following a report of a dingry drifting with one person on board - it was