Overview
- Greater Manchester Police charged Murray with murder and possession of a bladed article and he has been remanded in custody.
- Joe Burton, 24, died at the scene on Tarn Drive shortly before midnight on December 31 after officers found him with stab injuries.
- A woman in her 20s who was arrested on suspicion of murder has been bailed pending further enquiries as detectives continue forensic work and issue public appeals for CCTV, doorbell or dashcam footage.
- In a separate New Year incident in Middleton, two men and a woman were seriously injured in an assault and a man in his 30s was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm.
- Other incidents under investigation include a fatal single-vehicle crash on Cadishead Way in Salford, a Barrow stabbing with a 33-year-old arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, and two non-life-threatening stabbings in Lambeth with no arrests reported.