BREAKING: Four men found not guilty of killing 18-year-old after judge throws out case
manchestereveningnews.co.ukFour young men accused of killing an 18-year-old have been found not guilty after a judge ruled they had no case to answer. Coby Tristram was stabbed to death in the street during a confrontation in Whitefield, Bury.
Manchester Crown Court heard that the killing came after rival drug dealers clashed over ‘turf’. A 16-year-old boy was on trial accused of murder and an alternative count of manslaughter, while Charlie Harrison, 21; Shams Benda, 18; and a 17-year-old boy, were all accused of manslaughter.
But following legal submissions by their defence teams, a judge ruled that a jury could not safely convict them. READ MORE: Gunman GUILTY of murdering Gooch Gang member nearly decade after gangland execution Therefore the jury found the four men not guilty of murder and manslaughter respectively, on the judge’s direction.
Prosecutors said they did not intend to appeal against the judge’s ruling. The trial, which had lasted for two weeks, was brought to an end after some of the defendants pleaded guilty to less serious charges they were facing.
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