Manchester United are continuing their preparations ahead of their trip to Kenilworth Road to face Luton Town this weekend.
27.01.2024 - 22:05 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A teenage boy had "everything to live for" before he was "butchered like an animal", a court has head.
Dylan Bragger, 15, left his family home in Skelmersdale, near Liverpool, at around 7.30pm on June 29, 2023. He spent time with his older cousin Keagan and called his mum around 8:45pm to arrange a lift home - however, tragically, he never made it.
As Dylan and Keagan stood by a footbridge which crossed Digmoor Road they were ambushed by Felipe Figueiredo - a heavy set man, 10 years older than Dylan, who was armed with a ferocious weapon.
As the boys scrambled down the embankment to get away, Figueiredo caught up with Dylan and launched a vicious attack, inflicting 23 deadly knife wounds. The first words he said were: "You stole my wife's motorbike."
As reported by the Manchester Evening News, Figueiredo was a family man, who lived on the Birleywood estate with his wife and five-year-old daughter. His wife, a special needs teaching assistant, cycled 40 minutes each way to her job, often in poor weather. In the days before the attack which saw her husband jailed for life, they had bought a 50cc scooter on finance, to make her journeys easier.
But before the couple had paid it off - or even insured it, the bike was stolen from outside their home. Angered and inconvenienced, Figueiredo posted on the Skelmersdale First Facebook page, asking for information. By June 29, he had been told two youngsters, described as "young rats - North Face ninja types" had been seen riding the bike, and an orange Repsol bike, in the area.
Figueiredo replied he would go and "have a look". He armed himself with a large knife, with a pointed blade and teeth, which he carried in a sheath down his trousers. Shortly before coming across Dylan and his
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