How were three boys who played no active role in a Manchester killing convicted of manslaughter?

Trial over stabbing of Kennie Carter was latest of several high-profile joint enterprise prosecutions involving groups of Black youths in the city

• Murder and manslaughter charges under joint enterprise rise despite concern

On 22 January 2022, 11 boys entered a CCTV blind spot at the intersection of two roads in Stretford, Manchester. Only 10 left alive. Sixteen-year-old Kennie Carter was stabbed, his last words heard by his older brother to whom he was on the phone at the time: They've stabbed me in my heart, bro."

Kennie's mother, Joan Dixon, later described how her family had been shattered by his death.