TWO teenagers are due to be sentenced today after being convicted of the murder and manslaughter of 15-year-old Bolton boy Reece Tansey.

Reece, aged 15, died from multiple stab wounds following an altercation in Walker Avenue, Great Lever in the early hours of May 4.

Emergency services were called to the street at 4.43am and Reece, a pupil at Harper Green School, was rushed to Salford Royal hospital but doctors were unable to save him.

Two teenage boys, then aged 15 and 14, were arrested and charged with Reece’s murder.

The teenagers, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were convicted following a trial at Manchester Crown Court in October and November last year. Boy A, now aged 16, was found guilty of murder and Boy B, aged 15, of manslaughter.

The judge, Mrs Justice Farbey, will sentence them today at Manchester Crown Court after hearing mitigation from their barristers and considering reports about them.

And, following an application by The Bolton News, she will decide whether reporting restrictions can be lifted enabling the defendants to be named.

We will be in court and will bring you full details of the hearing.

In the meantime full coverage of the four-week trial can be found via our timeline by clicking HERE