Hunt for killer continues two years after fatal stabbing in Sheffield

Kavan Brissett, aged 21, was stabbed on August 14, 2018 and died in hospital four days later.

His family and detectives both issued renewed appeals for information on the fatal knife attack to mark the second anniversary of the murder, but no more arrests have yet been made.

Four men were charged with conspiracy to commit robbery as part of the investigation into the murder earlier in the probe but so far nobody has been charged over Kavan’s death.

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The popular, aspiring boxer was knifed in his chest on the Grammar Street car park in Upperthorpe and was found collapsed on nearby Langsett Walk a short time later.

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The knife used in the attack was never recovered.

Detectives investigating the killing want to trace Ahmed Farrah, who is believed to hold vital information.

He was captured on CCTV at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, where he was treated for facial injuries, on the same night that Kavan was stabbed.

He returned to the hospital the following day but then disappeared.

Farrah, who is also known as ‘Reggie’, was last seen in Cardiff the month after Kavan’s death but then went to ground.

His friends, relatives and acquaintances have all been visited and harbouring notices have been served, warning that anyone helping him evade arrest faces prosecution

Anyone with information should call South Yorkshire Police on 101 and quote incident number 827 of August 14.

Crimestoppers can also be contacted on 0800 555111.

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