Two teenagers face charges over fatal stabbing of Alisha Samuels in Manchester
Two more men, both aged 19, have been charged with the murder of 26-year-old Alisha Samuels and the attempted murder of another man. Their charges bring to three the number of men charged in connection with her death, as police continue investigating what happened in Manchester.
Samuels was found with stab wounds on Dorking Avenue at about 2am on 15 October and was pronounced dead at the scene. Carl Hardy and Tony Evans have been remanded in custody and are due at Manchester City Magistrates’ Court; Lawrence Johnson, 26, was charged earlier in the week. A 48-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender has not been charged.
In short
- Two more men have been charged over Alisha Samuels’s death.
- Both face murder and attempted murder charges.
- A woman arrested in the case has not been charged.
Explained simply
Alisha Samuels was 26 when she was found with stab wounds on Dorking Avenue in Manchester in the early hours of 15 October. A second man was also reportedly the target of an attempted killing.
In a murder investigation, police gather evidence and prosecutors decide whether there is enough to bring charges. A charge is an allegation, and the people accused are presumed innocent unless proved guilty in court.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Two more men are charged over the ‘murder’ of woman, 26, who was knifed to death in the street”.