Killer of Thavisha Peiris was knife robber on bail
One of the killers of pizza delivery driver Thavisha Peiris was a convicted knife robber on bail, a court has heart.
Trial continues on murder of Thavisha Peiris
A witness has told a jury how he and a friend were robbed of their mobile phones at knife-point on the night that pizza delivery driver Thavisha Peiris was murdered.
The prosecution say that an hour later the men who carried out the robbery were responsible for repeatedly stabbing Mr Peiries and leaving him to bleed to death in his car.
From Sheffield Crown Court, David Hirst reports:
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