Killed by a Rich Kid: Who killed Yousef Makki and what happened during the court case?

Yousef Makki was killed by his friend Joshua Molnar. Although pals, they were boys from very different backgrounds.

Yousef was from a humble family in Burnage. He was stabbed through the heart by Molnar, the privately educated son of wealthy parents from Hale, on a leafy lane in affluent Hale Barns on March 2, 2019. Both were 17.

Molnar, now 20, was acquitted of murder and manslaughter following a trial later in 2019, telling the jury he had acted in self-defence. He was cleared unanimously but he was handed a 16-month detention and training order after admitting possessing the knife which inflicted the fatal injury and lying to police at the scene.

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Former Cheadle Hulme School pupil Molnar stabbed Yousef after a row over a cannabis deal that went wrong, the trial was told. It ended the promising life of Yousef, a straight-A student who dreamed of becoming a heart surgeon.

It was also the nadir of Molnar’s descent from the privileged life of independent schools, designer gifts and expensive holidays he had enjoyed as the son of two successful Hale entrepreneurs. During his trial, the media were prevented from naming Molnar - the law seeks to protect children who come before the courts.

But that changed in June 2019 when he turned 18, and became a young adult. It meant he could be named for the first time. Yousef’s death and Molnar’s convictions were highly unusual for the country’s courts because it was knife crime that happened against a backdrop of privilege.

Yousef was the academically gifted boy who won a bursary to one of the country's best independent schools, Manchester Grammar School. Molnar was his