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Police in fresh appeal for Kavan Brassat murder

Detectives investigating the murder of a 21-year-old man in Sheffield issued a fresh appeal for information on the first anniversary of his death. Kavan Brissett was stabbed in the chest in an alleyway off Langsett Walk, in Upperthorpe, in August 2018. Baillor Jalloh reports for Sheffield Live!

CCTV released on anniversary of Tommy Ward death

Detectives investigating the murder of Tommy Ward have released CCTV footage in an appeal to witnesses to come forward on the anniversary of his death. Ward died on 23 February 2016 less than five months after he was violently assaulted during a robbery at his house in Maltby. Around £30,000 cash was thought to have been stolen from the pensioner’s home in Salisbury Road. Simon Thake reports for Sheffield Live!

Paul Cain sentenced for Cy Cooper’s murder

A twenty four year old man has been sentenced to life in prison this morning, for murdering forty four year old Cy Cooper in July last year. Paul Cain, of no fixed address in Sheffield must serve a minimum of twenty one years behind bars for the unprovoked killing of Mr Cooper at a house in Winkobank. The court heard Cain then set the house on fire to cover his tracks.