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Reece Tansey killers named for first time as judge lifts reporting restrictions
04.02.2022 - 14:29 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The killers of a Bolton schoolboy can be named for the first time after a judge lifted reported restrictions.
Reece Tansey, 15, was stabbed six times on May 4, 2021, and following a trial, James White, 16, was found guilty of his murder and jailed for 15 years.
Mark Nuttall, 15, was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to six years imprisonment.
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During a hearing at Leicester Crown Court today (February 4) Justice Farbey lifted an order made under s45 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act, which previously prevented White and Nuttall's names from being reported.
It followed submissions from Manchester Evening News and The Bolton News .
A three week trial heard that White and Nuttall had agreed to meet up in the early hours of May 4 in Walker Avenue, Bolton, because of an escalating dispute between Nuttall and a friend of the victim.
But, when Reece arrived he was stabbed six times by White.
He banged on the door of a nearby house desperately pleading for help before falling to the ground.
And, having been discovered by two men, he used his final breath to tell them the names of his killers.
Police arrived at the scene minutes later and Reece was rushed to Salford Royal Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5.45am.
A pathologist concluded his death was caused by 'multiple stab wounds', which 'were likely to have been inflicted by a knife with a 10-12cm blade'.
After fleeing the scene, White sent a Snapchat video of himself carrying a knife covered in blood, accompanied by the word ‘muppet’.
He later sent a message to Nuttall, which read: "I thought it only went through his coat so I
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