Police name footballer killed in Birmingham nightclub dancefloor knife attack as family pay tribute

Cody Fisher Birmingham knife attack victim.

(Picture: West Midlands Police )

Police have named the 23-year-old victim of a stabbing on the dancefloor of a nightclub in Birmingham on Boxing Day, as his heartbroken family paid tribute to their “best friend”.

Cody Fisher was attacked in the Crane venue in Adderley Street, Digbeth, just before 11.45pm, West Midlands Police said.