'My son's last words were his killers' names... now they they finally be heard'

It was in the dead of night when two men spotted a teenager staggering in the middle of the street.

Covered in blood and quickly dropping in and out of consciousness, he used his final breath to tell the complete strangers the names of the two teenagers who had brutally stabbed him just moments earlier.

He hoped it would be enough for police to track down James White, 16, and Mark Nuttall, 15.

It would prove to be an essential key in solving the tragic case.

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On May 4, 15-year-old Reece Tansey was stabbed six times after being embroiled in a fight near Great Lever Park in Bolton.

White and Nuttall had coaxed Reece and a friend into meeting up with the pair in the middle of the night when no one else would be around.

But when Reece's friend decided not to attend, Reece arrived at the meeting spot alone.

He was unarmed and outnumbered.

A pathologist concluded Reece's death was caused by 'multiple stab wounds' and the shocking details of his murder were brought to light in a grueling trial at Manchester Crown Court.

The court was told how friends White and Nuttall were fueled by the bravado of social media and liked 'pretending they were gangsters'.

On that Tuesday morning, they'd crept out of their home armed with a knife each before heading to meet Reece.

After fatally stabbing Reece, the boys quickly fled the scene while Reece made his last bid for justice.

But the boys couldn't keep quiet for long. Giving into the pressures of social media once again, White sent a Snapchat video of himself carrying a knife covered in blood, accompanied by the word ‘muppet’.

He later sent a message to Nuttall, which