'My son lost his life for no reason - he was going to the Trafford Centre. He was out the house ten minutes and he's dead'

A grieving mother has described the shocking moment she found her 16-year-old son dying in the street following a stabbing. Mother-of four Joan Dixon, 47, said: "I felt like my whole world had just been taken right there and then."

The shop assistant described the youth who fatally stabbed her youngest, Kennie, as 'evil' as she made a heartfelt plea for parents everywhere to make sure their children aren't carrying knives. As he walked home, Kennie was followed and then pounced on by a group wearing hoods and Covid masks on Stretford's Lakes estate at 7pm on Saturday, January 22.

He was stabbed in the chest and died later in hospital. Police believe the fatal stabbing was the culmination of a series of tit-for-tat incidents between two rival groups. So far police have arrested 14 youths on suspicion of murder, aged between 12 and 17. Ten of the young suspects remain on police bail.

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Today (Thursday) Kennie's mother Joan and warehouseman father Glen, 51, made heartfelt pleas for anyone with information to contact the police as the investigation into the stabbing continues. Kennie is one of four youths from Greater Manchester who have died because of knife crime in 2022.

The pair ran to the scene of the stabbing on Thirlmere Avenue in Stretford, just yards from the family home, and watched in horror as efforts continued to revive Kennie, who was unconscious and not breathing. Mr Carter was at home at the time.

Glen said: "My daughter phoned me and told me I had to go out as Kennie had been stabbed. I went out straight away. It was two minutes around the corner. My son was on the floor being CPRed, with two ladies on him.

"There was nothing