TWELFTH ARREST MADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER OF 16-YEAR-OLD KENNIE CARTER

Kennie died in hospital on Saturday 22 January after suffering a fatal wound to the chest following a stabbing in Stretford.

Yesterday morning (Friday 11 February) a 13-year-old boy was arrested in the Hulme area on suspicion of murder. He has been bailed pending further enquiries. 

Eight teenagers - aged between 13 and 17 - have already been arrested on suspicion of murder and remain on bail with conditions.

Three other teenage boys who were arrested have since been eliminated from the inquiry.

Detectives are continuing to appeal for information and are particularly keen to speak to anyone who may have been driving along Moss Road, Thirlmere Road and Victoria Road between 6 and 7pm on 22 January.

We would urge anyone who may have been in that location to check their dash-cam footage and get in touch.

Any footage or images from the night should be submitted to our online portal here: https://mipp.police.uk/operation/06GMP22S43-PO1

Anyone can contact us with information - no matter how insignificant it may seem - on 0161 856 9908 quoting incident 2529 of 22/01/2022.

Details can be passed anonymously to the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

As part of our #ForeverAmnesty campaign to 'bin the knife' we remind the public that there is at least one amnesty bin at a police station in each Greater Manchester district.

We appeal for people to do the right thing, look out for each other and bin the knife; you won't be judged but you might just safe a life.