Overview
- Greater Manchester Police charged 25-year-old Anthony Junior Murray with murder and possession of a bladed article after the stabbing on Tarn Drive.
- Joe Burton, 24, was confirmed in court documents as the man who died at the scene shortly before midnight on December 31.
- Murray, of Tarn Drive, appeared at Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court, did not enter a plea, and was remanded in custody ahead of a crown court hearing.
- An arrested woman in her 20s has been bailed pending further enquiries as a cordon and forensic work continue on the street.
- Separately, three people were seriously injured in a New Year’s Day assault in Middleton, and a man in his 30s was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm.