The devastated parents of a young man deliberately mown down and killed say they know who his murderer is. A year has passed since David Lees, 23, was knocked down after a fight between his friends and a group of Asian youths on a garage forecourt on Middleton Road, Blackley in North Manchester. In that time no-one has been charged with his murder but his parents, Don and Ann Lees, believe they and others in the community too scared to come forward, know who was behind the wheel that night. Mr Lees said: " we wont rest until hes caught. we know whos done it. The people in the community know whos done it. But we need to be able to prove it . At the moment if feels like there is one person holding the whole community to ransom "On 28th October 2006, David who lived at his parents home in Blackley, was out with a group of friends for the first time since his brother, 19, had died from a long standing illness several weeks before. After an alleged altercation outside the BP petrol station David was hit by a silver Vauxhall Vectra. It is believed the car was travelling between 60 - 70 mph when it struck David as it was driven straight into him. David suffered servere head injuries and was taken to North Manchester General Hospital where he later died.
Since the incident, his parents and girlfriend Brooke Clarke, 22, also from Blackley, have struggled to come to terms with his death and feel they cannot grieve properly until his killer is caught. Mr Lees said: " none of us will rest until the person who did this is caught. We just want justice for our son. Im begging those who know who killed him to tell the police and make a full statement " The police have said they are "commited" to finding Davids killer and have urged anyone who knows the identity of the driver and occupants of the car to come forward. Detective Chief Inspector Sam Howarth who is leading the investigatiion said: " All we need is one person to be brave enough to come forward and do the right thing so we can bring the people responsible before the courts and give his family the justice they deaserve.
Arfan Javed, the piece of scum from Longsight who owned the vehicle involved, was jailed for a ridiculous 2 years for perverting the course of justice by lieing to the p
olice after the incident that he had sold the car after the incident to cover up for Davids killer. Can you imagine just for one moment if this murder had been the other way around. We would have heard endless news reports and the murder would have been spread across every newspaper in the land. To date this monster has not been caught and still walks the streets a free man laughing in the face of justice. The simple fact of the matter Im afraid is simple. David Lees was white and his killers were Asian.A ROADSIDE TRIBUTE FOR DAVID LEES
A PLEA TO HELP CATCH THE KILLER OF DAVID LEES FROM HIS HEART BROKEN PARENTS
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