Police launch murder inquiry over man who died 15 years after being stabbed

Chris Linton died last year as result of complications believed to be directly linked to 2008 knife attack, say Greater Manchester police

Police have opened a murder investigation into the case of a man who died last year from stab injuries sustained 15 years earlier.

Detectives said they believed the death of Chris Linton, 40, could be directly linked to an “unprovoked and terrible attack” on him near a Blockbuster video shop in Bury on 4 October 2008.