'My son was shot dead by his own brother in pointless row over a £30 pair of trainers'

A mother has told of her heartbreak since her only son was killed by his own half-brother - in an argument over a £30 pair of trainers.

Zikel Bobmanuel, 31, was shot dead by his half-brother, Rumaal Ingram, 36, in an attack outside Zikel's family home in Openshaw. His devastated mother, Justina, must pass the spot where he died almost daily, but she cannot bear to look at it.

Justina, 52, says she is devastated that a boy she welcomed into her family - Ingram - has now been responsible for killing her beloved son. Just one week earlier, Ingram had hugged her at her father's funeral.

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Recruitment consultancy owner Justina, from Manchester, says: "Zikel and Rumaal were half-brothers and were very close as children. They drifted a bit later on, but I could never have imagined in my worst nightmare that Rumaal would take my son from me. Zikel ran his own clothing business, and Rumaal was wearing one of Zikel's coats when he killed him. I'd buried my own father the week before, and Rumaal came to the funeral. He helped to fill the grave. Days later, he killed my son.

"Zikel's death was so senseless, and it has ripped our family apart. I only hope our tragedy can make people aware how devastating violence can be. I cannot even look at the place where Zikel died. I have flashbacks to him lying in the road. His youngest son was just six weeks old when he died. Ingram has left children without a father and a mother without a son."

Zikel and Rumaal shared the same father and were raised as brothers. Justina says: "As a little boy, Rumaal was often in my home, I welcomed him. Even after I split with their dad, the boys