Overview
- Greater Manchester Police charged 25-year-old Anthony Junior Murray with murder and possession of a bladed article and remanded him to appear at Manchester Magistrates’ Court.
- Court documents named the victim as 24-year-old Joe Burton, who was pronounced dead at the scene on Tarn Drive shortly before midnight on December 31.
- A woman in her 20s who was previously arrested on suspicion of murder has been bailed pending further enquiries.
- A cordon and forensic searches remain in place on Tarn Drive as detectives gather evidence and continue house-to-house enquiries.
- Officers are appealing for CCTV, doorbell, and dashcam footage and witness information via 101 or GMP Live Chat quoting log 3529 of 31/12/2025, while a separate Met investigation into a fatal Lewisham stabbing of a 23-year-old continues with no arrests reported.