The harrowing story of the night a young man died, retold in grisly detail over and over... until, finally, the ending changed

When Adam Chowdhary walked out of court after being grilled all day about his lack of honesty, he bore the demeanour of a spoiled child who really didn't like that he had finally been rumbled. Rumbled as someone who could tell the truth, but only when it suited him, over the events that led to fatal stabbing of his friend Yousef Makki, 17, in March 2019.

That was the conclusion of a senior coroner last week - a coroner who also concluded in the same excoriating judgment that Yousef had been unlawfully killed by their pal, Joshua Molnar.

It's taken a while to finally arrive at some kind of justice for the Makki family - more than four years, a criminal trial, two inquests and a judicial review, to be exact.

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The focus on Chowdhary, however, may seem puzzling to those who are unfamiliar with the story. After all, he didn't stab Yousef. That was knife-obsessed former public schoolboy Josh Molnar who, after lying to police at the scene and hiding his blades, later admitted it was him who inflicted the fatal injury, not some strangers from Stretford looking to mug posh kids in Hale Barns as he suggested to cops as Yousef lay dying in the road.

Molnar, the son of wealthy parents from Hale, has always said he acted in self-defence, but coroner Geraint Williams last week dismissed this explanation and ruled Yousef had been unlawfully killed.

Chowdhary, the son of even wealthier parents from Hale Barns, insisted he had not been part of, or even seen, the 'commotion', witnessed by a