Six youths have been charged with the knife murder of a 14-year-old schoolboy.

On the evening of November 9 last year police received a report of an assault in the Elswick area of Newcastle.

Emergency services attended Elswick Road and found Gordon Gault with injuries consistent with having been caused by a bladed article.

Six days after the assault Gordon died in hospital. His mother Dionne Barrett had released pictures of him in his hospital bed.

A comprehensive homicide investigation was subsequently launched into his death with officers making a series of arrests in the weeks that followed.

Gordon Gault, 14, was found with knife injuries in the Elswick area of Newcastle in November

Yesterday officers re-arrested six males – all aged 16 or 17 – who have since been charged with Gordon’s murder.

The males, who cannot be named for legal reasons due to their age, are due to appear before magistrates in North Tyneside today.

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Detective Chief Inspector Matt Steel, of Northumbria Police’s Major Investigation Team, said: ‘A comprehensive investigation has been ongoing ever since Gordon Gault’s murder and our thoughts remain with his family and loved ones.

‘We remain absolutely committed in our pursuit of justice and getting his family the answers that they deserve.

Dionne Barrett whose teenage son Gordon Gault died from knife wounds after being stabbed last year in Elswick, Newcastle

‘Yesterday, we carried out a number of coordinated arrests with six males being brought into custody. They have now each been charged with murder and are due to appear in court.

‘It is absolutely imperative that everyone refrains from any speculation – whether out in the community or on social media – that could jeopardise the live legal proceedings.

‘I would like to thank everyone who has come forward to assist our investigation so far, and would ask that the wider public continue to work with us.

‘As families, please continue to have those conversations about the consequences of knife crime and report anybody you believe is carrying a weapon.’

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