The dad and sister of a murderer pleaded guilty to assisting an offender for helping him avoid police after a stabbing in the city centre. Ethan Austin, 21, fled the scene of the attack with a samurai sword which took place on the evening of Saturday, September 14, 2019.
His victim Lee Cooper, 28, died that night on the street outside the House of Fraser store near the Victoria Centre. But police were unable to arrest Ethan Austin for a further nine days. He was tried and convicted of the murder of Lee Cooper 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. His dad set off and collected his son that night after Ethan Austin ran away from the crime scene.
