Lynx Noumey, a contestant on ITV’s Big Brother has drawn intense backlash over his close friendship with a former private school student who stabbed a classmate to death, according to a report by The Sun.
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Tragic teen Yousef Makki’s family have called for Lynx Noumey, 24, to be removed from the ITV show after he appeared to celebrate his mate Josh Molnar “getting off” the killing.
Yousef’s sister Jade Akoum was traumatised to see property developer Lynx, 24, going into the house on Sunday, saying: “I don’t think someone like that should have a chance at a TV career.”
The schoolboy, 17, was killed in a roadside fracas involving two other pupils in March 2019 – with Molnar, then also 17, later cleared of murder and manslaughter.
He successfully argued in court he had acted in self defence before serving just 16 months in custody for carrying a knife in public and perverting the course of justice – but during a later inquest said he was no longer sure who pulled a blade on who.
Soon after the trial concluded, Lynx posted on Instagram saying: “He’s only gone and got off with it” together with an applauding emoji and his initials “J.M.”
Molnar and Lynx remain friends and earlier this year were seen enjoying pints of Guinness together.
In a statement, Yousef’s family said: “We are deeply distressed that someone who is a close friend of the person responsible for the death of our beloved brother, Yousef Makki, is currently being given a platform on Big Brother.
“Yousef was just 17 years old when his life was taken. His death devastated our family and changed our lives forever.
“We have spent years living with the consequences of what happened to him, while continuing to fight for truth, accountability and justice.
“What makes this situation particularly painful is that this contestant is not simply someone with a distant connection to the case.
“He is a close friend of the person who killed our brother.”
They added they were sent social media posts in 2019 in which Lynx “appeared to boast” about Molnar having “got away with murder”.
“We are therefore asking ITV and the Big Brother production team to urgently investigate this material and the contestant’s conduct,” they added.
The altercation occurred in Hale Barns, Cheshire, on March 2, 2019. Lynx was not involved.
Yousef had got into the the £13,000-a-year Manchester Grammar School on a bursary.
Rich kid Molnar later appeared to change his story in an inquest that cast doubt on which of the boys had pulled a blade first.
Yousef’s mum, Debbie, died age 55 in May 2020, less than a year after the death of her son, leaving sister Jade to continue battling for the justice that she feels her family deserves.
Her mission featured in a Channel 4 documentary Killed By A Rich Kid, which includes police camera footage from the scene of the attack in upmarket corner of Cheshire.
In the cops’ video, shot from the moment they arrived, Molnar claims he had no idea what happened to Yousef.
But when the case went to court in 2019, he claimed he had acted in self defence after Yousef pulled a knife on him.
Then, during an inquest in November 2021, he said he was no longer sure who pulled a blade on who.
In a post on Sunday, Jade said: “They have a contestant this year it launched last night called ‘Lynx’.
“This person was and still is Joshua Molnar’s bestie, I wouldn’t bother bringing it to people’s attention usually but this guy is the one that made videos with Josh post acquittal ‘my man got off with murder’ etc.
“He spends a lot of time with him now too I don’t think someone like that should have a chance at a TV career.
“So pretty please don’t vote to save this guy, get him out asap.
“When he’s gone let me know so I can get back to watching the show.”
Big Brother airs nightly on ITV2 and ITVX.
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