Jurors retire to consider verdicts in Callum Riley murder trial
manchestereveningnews.co.ukJurors have retired to consider their verdicts in the trial of three men accused of murdering a teenager. Callum Riley, 17, was pronounced dead after being stabbed during an incident in Heywood.
Three men are on trial accused of murder. Tony Adams, 34, Dale Heywood, 26, and a 17-year-old boy all deny the charge. Mr Riley was knifed to the leg in the doorway of Mr Adams’ home on Atholl Drive in the town, at 5am on September 17, 2022, Manchester Crown Court has heard.
Prosecutors claim that he was ‘probably’ stabbed by Mr Heywood. Mr Riley and a friend had both turned up at Mr Adams’ home ‘intent on taking revenge’, prosecutors said at the trial. READ MORE: 'Don't tell no one...
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