{"id":229972,"date":"2025-10-28T11:23:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T11:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/229972\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T11:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T11:23:10","slug":"teens-suspected-of-murder-named-for-first-time-after-man-stabbed-to-death-following-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/229972\/","title":{"rendered":"Teens suspected of murder named for first time after man stabbed to death following crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three teenagers have been charged with murder in Cheetham HillThe scene on Cardinal Street, Cheetham Hill(Image: Kenny Brown | Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n

Three teenagers have been charged with murder following the death of a man in Cheetham Hill.<\/p>\n

Vernard Murray, 26, died following an alleged stabbing last Thursday (October 23).<\/p>\n

Emergency services attended Cardinal Street at 2.25pm following reports of a disturbance.<\/p>\n

The stabbing is alleged to have happened moments after a car crash which is understood to have followed a chase.<\/p>\n

Greater Manchester Police launched an investigation into the incident.<\/p>\n

\"VernardVernard Murray died following an alleged stabbing in Cheetham Hill(Image: Facebook)<\/p>\n

Three teenage males have now been charged with murder in connection to the probe, a spokesperson for the force said today (Tuesday, October 28).<\/p>\n

Lee Williams, 19, of Gravenmoor Drive, Cheetham Hill, and John Harte, 18, of Weaste Lane, Salford, are two of those charged.<\/p>\n

A 17-year-old boy from Salford has also been charged with murder but cannot be named for legal reasons.<\/p>\n

All three suspects will appear at Manchester Magistrates’ Court today.<\/p>\n

Police said a fourth man who was arrested has been released on bail with conditions.<\/p>\n

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Detectives said the investigation remains ongoing, with the public urged to get in touch with any further information about what happened.<\/p>\n

A GMP spokesperson said: “If you have any information about the incident, please contact police via 101 or our Live Chat at gmp.police.uk, quoting log 1923 of 23\/10\/25.<\/p>\n

“This includes any CCTV, doorbell, or dashcam footage from around the area. Information can also be uploaded to GMP’s Major Incident Public Portal<\/a><\/p>\n

“Alternatively, you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.”<\/p>\n

Mr Murray was named in tributes posted on social media, including from his sister Tammy, prior to formal identification being completed.<\/p>\n

She said: “Forever 26 my boy until the wheels come off my best friend… best brother I could have ever wished and hope for life was so full with you in it.”<\/p>\n

Commenting on the Manchester Evening News’ Facebook page, Gerrard Leonie wrote: “R.I.P Vernard you’ll be missed can’t believe you’ve been took away fly high.”<\/p>\n

Angela Clawson posted: “RIP to a lovely young man everyone guna miss u bro good night god bless.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three teenagers have been charged with murder in Cheetham HillThe scene on Cardinal Street, Cheetham Hill(Image: Kenny Brown…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229973,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7660,59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-229972","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-kingdom","8":"tag-cheetham-hill","9":"tag-gb","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-greatbritain","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}