More details have emerged about the tragic death of teenager Kyle Yule as a second boy charged with his murder appeared at Maidstone Crown Court.

Kyle, 17, was chased from a car as rival gangs from Chatham and Gillingham clashed, said prosecutor Philip Bennetts QC. He ran to his home but was fatally stabbed on his doorstep.

A tyre on the car was slashed in East Street in Gillingham when the violence broke out in the early evening of Friday, October 6.

A 16-year-old boy, from Sittingbourne, spoke only to be identified as he appeared in the dock today.

Kate Hunter, defending, applied for bail, submitting that the teenager, who cannot be identified, could live with a relative at an address in London.

But it was refused by Judge Jeremy Carey, who remanded the boy in custody to HMP Cookham Wood in Rochester.

He will next appear with co-accused Victor Maibvisira, 19, of St John’s Road, Gillingham, on November 14, when they are due to enter pleas.

A provisional trial date has been set for April 3 next year.

Kyle died from a wound just under his right armpit which hit an artery.

Mr Bennetts said seven other youths, who all live in the area, had been arrested and were on police bail.

Judge Carey said: “This is the gravest of offences.”

A close friend of Kyle’s has set up a fund to help pay for his funeral, which doubled the target within days.

Aaron Timson started a Justgiving page for the popular the former Brompton Academy pupil.