'The public will wish to know the identities of those who commit such a serious offence'

JUDGE EXPLAINS DECISION TO ALLOW M.E.N. TO NAME CHILD KILLERS

- AMY WALKER & ANDREW BARDSLEY

THE teenage killers found guilty of murdering 14-year-old Nathaniel Shani when they were just 14 and 13 can be named for the first time.

Kyle Dermody, now 15, knifed Nathaniel in the neck in Harpurhey following a row over cannabis.

A second teen, 14-year-old Trey Stewart-Gayle, was also convicted of murder.

Stewart-Gayle, then 13, who had been armed with a screwdriver, was found to have 'encouraged and assisted' Dermody.

Reporting restrictions have been in force prohibiting both teenagers from being named in press reports surrounding Nathaniel's murder.

But their names can be disclosed for the first time following a successful legal challenge by the M.EN.

In her ruling, High Court judge Mrs Justice Ellenbogen said: "The public will wish to know the identities of those who commit such a serious offence in seeking to understand how it is that children of that age can do so.