Watch: 'Significant development' in James Brindley murder case

Police have released CCTV of two people they want to trace Credit: West Midlands Police

Murder detectives hunting the killers of an aspiring male model have released CCTV of two men they want to trace in connection with the stabbing.

26-year-old James Brindley was stabbed in the heart as he walked home at about 11.45pm on June 23, but just over two weeks on, nobody has been arrested in connection with the death.

His parents paid tribute to their "most precious son", saying his killing inAldridge, West Midlands, had been "like a bolt out of the blue".

Last week the chief constable of West Midlands Police urged the public to help bring James' killers to justice.

Immediately after the attack, four schoolboys rushed to his side and tried invain to save his life with first aid.

In what detectives are calling a "significant development", police haveidentified and now released footage of two men they want to speak to.

The men are seen on film in the Whetstone Lane and Churn Hill Road area of the town both before and after James was stabbed on Little Aston Road by The Croft.

It is thought the men had come from the direction of Bosty Lane and headed back that way.

Detective Chief Inspector Chris Mallett, who is leading the investigation,said: