Two men found guilty of stabbing footballer to death on nightclub dance floor

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Two men have been found guilty of murdering footballer Cody Fisher, who was stabbed to death inside a Birmingham nightclub on Boxing Day in 2022.

Remy Gordon and Kami Carpenter had blamed one another for stabbing the 23-year-old former Birmingham City academy participant, who died on the scene from a chest wound.

A ten-week trial was informed Mr Fisher was attacked with a weapon smuggled by means of safety into Digbeth’s Crane nightclub earlier than a pre-planned “act of retribution” for a minor incident two days earlier.

Jurors at Birmingham Crown Court have been informed Gordon, of Cofton Park Drive, Birmingham, orchestrated the “awful revenge” after Mr Fisher made temporary “unavoidable” contact along with his again whereas leaving a membership in Solihull on Christmas Eve.

Gordon, 23, was additionally found guilty of affray, whereas 22-year-old Carpenter, who was found guilty of homicide by a majority of 10 to one, was found not guilty of the identical cost on the Crane, relating to an assault on a good friend of Mr Fisher.

Fellow defendant Reegan Anderson, 19, of no mounted tackle, was found not guilty of homicide and never guilty of an alternate cost of manslaughter however guilty of affray and was bailed till a sentencing listening to after Easter.

Mr Fisher performed as a defender for a number of golf equipment and was most lately in Stratford Town FC.

Some relations within the public gallery cried and stormed out of the courtroom upon listening to the verdicts, which have been delivered on Monday afternoon after jurors deliberated for greater than 28 hours.

In a heartfelt tribute on social media after the homicide, Cody’s girlfriend Jess Chatwin, referred to as the footballer her “best friend.”

She wrote: “I’m so sorry my baby, you didn’t deserve this.

“My whole world, the love of my life, my best friend. I don’t know how I’m going to do life without you.”

She continued: “There is so much we will never get the chance to do now.

“I promise to do everything to get you the justice you deserve.

“This doesn’t feel real. I love you forever Cody Fisher.”