Knifed to death over ‘touch up’ claim

A 16-year-old boy stabbed another schoolboy to death after claiming he tried to touch up his sister, a court heard. Michael Irving, 15, died after he was repeatedly knifed in Stratford, east London, on 3 September last year. The 16-year-old denies murder but a 15-year-old friend admits the charge and will be sentenced later. Neither of the two boys can be named due to their age. In the weeks before his death Michael had stayed at the 16-year-old’s home in…