Hometown: A Teenage Killing

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A Teenage Killing

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Amber Haque

Jeremy Lee

Stefan Mattison

Hometown: A Teenage Killing: Episode 4

Episode 4

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A confidential report gives Amber a new insight into the lead-up to Yousef’s death.

A confidential report gives Amber a shocking new insight into the weeks leading up to Yousef’s death.

As one of the teenagers at the centre of the trial into the killing of Yousef Makki returns to court for an unrelated matter, a confidential report gives Amber a shocking new insight into the weeks leading up to Yousef’s death.

Suggestions of a potential missed opportunity for a police intervention lead Amber to question if there is bias in the justice system.
Meanwhile on the other side of town, a community is challenging three joint enterprise convictions which many say are unjust.

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Journalist Amber Haque explores the death of 17-year-old scholarship boy Yousef Makki.

Journalist Amber Haque returns to her hometown of Manchester to report on the tragic killing of Yousef Makki, but uncovers a wider story affecting young men across the city.

Journalist Amber Haque returns to her hometown of Manchester and finds a community still reckoning with the death of Yousef Makki, a 17-year-old scholarship boy at a private school, who was killed in one of the city’s wealthiest suburbs in 2019. With Yousef’s killing and a subsequent murder trial still the talk of the town, Amber tries to understand the circumstances surrounding his death.

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