Two men accused of murder allegedly took a taxi from Manchester to Birmingham to visit a lawyer after the killing, a jury heard. Raami Mohamed, 21, and Kevell Blake, 20, have pleaded not guilty to the murder of Badri Issa.
05.04.2024 - 16:43 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Tied to a park fence, a large banner flutters in the breeze with 'RIP Prince' handwritten onto it. Love heart balloons and a bouquet of colourful flowers sit alongside it.
Sorrow has fallen on a Manchester community once again. Another family has been left to grieve.
Prince Walker-Ayeni was just 17 years old with his whole life ahead of him. His sister, Kacee, described how she and Prince loved to make 'jokes out of each other'.
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Now she is 'so heartbroken' and 'already misses talking' to him. A murder investigation is underway following the fatal stabbing of Prince at Raby Street, in Moss Side.
Prince was rushed to hospital after police and paramedics were called out at 4.15pm yesterday (April 4). He tragically died a short time later despite the best efforts of emergency services.
It's understood police believe the fatal stabbing was 'targeted'. Enquiries are ongoing and no arrests have been made so far, Greater Manchester Police confirmed this afternoon (Friday).
Prince is the latest person to lose their life to knife crime across the region. The Manchester Evening News has reported on at least 22 people whose lives are believed to have been cut short by a bladed weapon since the start of 2022.
Of that number, 14 were teenage boys or men under the age of 25. Meanwhile, figures from the Office for National Statistics show that GMP recorded more than 3,000 'knife and sharp instrument offences' in each year from 2019-20 to 2022-23, when 3,197 were recorded.
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