The Boy With A Pound In His Pocket (Paperback)

On March 2nd, 2019, Yousef Makki, a scholarship pupil at Manchester Grammar school, was stabbed in the heart by one of his friends on a quiet, leafy street in the wealthy Manchester suburb of Hale Barns. The two boys who were with him as the 17-year-old lay dying from a 12cm deep knife wound were brought up in the affluent surrounding areas and like Yousef had attended expensive public schools. But unlike them, Yousef was not from a wealthy family. He grew up seven miles and a world away on a council estate in Burnage and won a life changing bursary to a prestigious grammar school. Just four months after Yousef was killed, a jury found his friend not guilty of murder or manslaughter. The outcome has been widely questioned, raising issues of class, wealth, and privilege in the justice system. Yousef died from a single stab wound to the chest. When his sister, Jade, collected his blood-stained clothes and personal possessions, he had a single pound coin in his pocket. This is Jade's personal story of her brother and how the fight for justice has transformed her life.

General

Imprint:	Mirror Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2022
Authors:	Jade Akoum • Joe Cusack • Ann Cusack
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-1-913406-92-9
Categories:	Books > Fiction > True stories > Crime Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General Promotions
LSN:	1-913406-92-X
Barcode:	9781913406929

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