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A father has gone on trial accused of trying to 'impede' an investigation into his killer son after a teenager was stabbed to death.

Alfie Benson, then 16, was found guilty of manslaughter after he drove three associates to the scene of a murder.

Tafari Smith, Lewis Ludford and Yousef Sesay were convicted of murder after 17-year-old Kyle Hackland was stabbed to death in Withington in November 2022.

Benson then drove the trio away, as they left Kyle to die in the street. Now Benson’s father, Carl Benson, 44, has gone on trial accused of assisting an offender.

He is accused of helping to remove the stolen VW Golf which his son had been driving, as part of an alleged bid to ‘impede’ the investigation into his child.

He denies the charge and is standing trial at Manchester

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