"Knife crime has torn our family apart", said the sister of Lee Cooper, a man who was stabbed through the heart in the city centre. The grieving sister said life will never be the same for her and the rest of the family after learning about the fatal stabbing of the 28-year-old.
The dreadful night took place on a Saturday night, when Mr Cooper suffered one blow from a samurai sword which went through the heart on September 14, 2019. He died that night on the street outside the House of Fraser store near the Victoria Centre.
Ethan Austin was tried and convicted of the murder in March 2020 and was ordered to serve a minimum of 21 years behind bars. The defendant's father Daniel Austin, 46, of Westleigh Road, Broxtowe, and his sister Shelby Austin, 26, of Pyatt Street, The Meadows appeared to the Nottingham Crown Court on March 16 and pleaded guilty for assisting Ethan Austin.
