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Gorton Murder sparks 7 arrests
Posted on Mon 26 Jul 2010
A murder investigation has been launched after man was stabbed in Gorton.
At around 8:30pm on Friday 23rd July, police received reports of a large disturbance on Sandringham Street.
Officers attended and a man had suffered stab wounds to the chest.
37 year old Martin Gallagher was taken to Manchester Royal Infirmary where he later died.
UPDATE: Two men have now been charged with the murder of Martin Gallagher.
Anthony Heaton from Windsor Street, and 41 year old Mark Heaton from Sandringham Street (both in Gorton) appeared before Manchester City Magistrates on Tuesday 28th July charged with murder.
Eric Mayes, who’s also from Sandringham Street was also in court charged with possessing a prohibited weapon.
All the other people arrested after the stabbing have been released on bail.
Martin's family have paid the following tribute:
Martin was a twin and part of a very close family.
He was everybody's friend and a great character and young at heart.
He would do anything for anyone and always made people laugh. It is such a tragedy that Martin has been taken from us in these circumstances. All the family would like to be left alone to grieve together in peace.
Two men, aged 40 and 38, were arrested on suspicion of murder.
One woman and four men (whose ages have not been confirmed at this stage) were initially arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. They are now also being held on suspicion of murder and are currently being questioned by police.
Chief Inspector Janet Hudson said: I want to reassure everyone that we have a team of detectives investigating this incident.
We have made seven arrests and, at this stage, this does not appear to be a random attack.
If anyone has any information about what happened, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
Anyone with information is asked to call Greater Manchester Police on 0161 872 5050 or independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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