Because there are thousands of fatal stabbings each year.Why would it not get coverage?
I have heard about it alot outside of this forum as well though. Also, I hope you are aware that you can use the quote feature.Yes and lots of them are reported and followed here.
I think it's pretty newsworthy as it is allegedly an unprovoked attack in a busy nightclub.
Well aware thanksI have heard about it alot outside of this forum as well though. Also, I hope you are aware that you can use the quote feature.
Because there are thousands of fatal stabbings each year.
Cases like this happen on a weekly basis in London and none of them get this much coverage.True, and no doubt the rags are using "footballer" just as they might use "cheerleader," "model," "WAG," "reality star" or "local councillor" to boost interest in the case.
But it was a brutal murder committed on a busy dance floor in a nightclub over a perceived slight so small that some present don't even recall clearly.
I think it fits a worrying zeitgeist of "out of the blue act of extreme violence that many of us might have experienced and been unable to prepare for or survive." In that sense, it was bound to garner some wider interest for a while.
The media have forced this case into getting coverage by labelling him a "footballer".
Just been catching up on the sentencing.
This case was just horrific - the saddest thing for me is that Cody Fisher was essentially a dead man walking if it didn’t happen that night it would have happened I’m sure in the days afterwards.
The BBC has emotional videos from his mum & girlfriend - Two men jailed for footballer's nightclub murder - BBC News
The article also states that a group of masked men surrounded fisher and his friend - have any of these been found and charged as, as far as I know only 3 people were charged in connection to this (the two sentenced for murder and the one sentenced for affray on Cody’s friend)
I think the sentence of 18 months for the man who attacked Cody’s friend is way too lenient -from following the trial I think he only survived as he managed to run away… due to time spent in jail before trial he’s now free for release.
My thoughts go out to Cody’s family, girlfriend and friends - I hope you find the strength to rebuild your lives now as I’m sure that’s what Cody would want.
Nowhere near enough of a sentence IMO. Life without parole - they should never be out of prison again.![]()
Cody Fisher: Killers' sentences considered for review
The Attorney General's Office says it has received a referral arguing the sentences were too lenient.www.bbc.co.uk
The Attorney General is considering whether judges should review the sentences of two men who were convicted of murdering a footballer on a nightclub dance floor.
Cody Fisher, 23, was attacked and fatally stabbed by a masked group at the Crane nightclub in Birmingham on 26 December 2022.
Remy Gordon and Kami Carpenter were given life sentences with a minimum of 26 years and 25 years respectively, on 8 April, after being found guilty of Mr Fisher's murder.
However, the BBC has been told the Attorney General's Office (AGO) has received a referral arguing Gordon and Carpenter's sentences were too lenient.
A spokesman for Attorney General Victoria Prentis confirmed the two men's sentences had been referred under the Unduly Lenient Sentence (ULS) scheme and they were under consideration.
Law officers have 28 days from the date of sentencing to carry out a review and weigh up whether to refer the case to the Court of Appeal to decide whether the sentence was appropriate.
This creates a deadline of 6 May.