Chilling moment boxing fan crept up behind rival supporter before fatal stabbing

/form Chilling CCTV released by police shows the moment a boxer crept up behind his rival before stabbing him in the neck.  Footage shows Tyrone Andrew, 22, seconds before he fatally knifed 19-year-old Reagan Asbury outside Walsall Town Hall, in the West Midlands, last October.  Disturbing footage also captures around a dozen rival fans spilling out of the venue before a mass brawl erupts in the street in the lead up to the fatal stabbing.  Mobile phone video taken moments earlier inside the venue shows tables and chairs being hurled as fans run for cover.  The scenes that unfolded were described by one of the boxers competing as "something from a Wild West film".  In the footage released by West Midlands Police, Andrew can be seen being rugby-tackled to the floor, before getting back on his feet and picking a knife up.  He then ran up behind Mr Asbury and lashed out to the side of the teenager’s neck with the blade.  Andrew then fled the scene before handing the knife to Ryandeep Sidhu, who put it into the driver’s area of his BMW.  CCTV showed Andrew return to his home in Derby, having been driven there by Declan Kemp-Francis.  He had ditched his blood-stained shirt, and then got in a taxi to Birmingham Airport to board an 11.15am flight to Amsterdam the morning after.  Working with European police, detectives managed to trace him and he was arrested in Barcelona before being flown back to the UK in January.  After the case, Mr Asbury's family urged young people to stop carrying knives.  His heartbroken sister Elysia said in a statement released by police: "It wrecks lives, it wrecks communities.  "It’s not OK to be carrying knives and I think we need to tackle that problem."  Paying a moving tribute, she added: "Reagan was a remarkable human being, he was wise beyond his years.  "I always used to ask my brother for advice even though I was his older sister.  "He would tell me something and I would be blown away by his maturity and his perspective on life.  "My family and I still cannot believe he is not here. Our world has been turned upside down. Our family home no longer feels like home.  "Reagan was a respectful lad, our family and friends speak highly of him, his manners and how polite he was to anyone he came into contact with.  "Reagan liked everyone, he did not have a bad word to say about anyone, he enjoyed being happy, he was a positive person who loved life. Read More Top Stories from Mirror Online  "It broke our hearts when the issue of racism was brought up during the trial.  "Reagan would be upset if he heard someone being racist. It goes against everything Reagan and our family stands for.  "Our family chain is broken, we all have a void in our life that will always be empty, we miss him so much.  "Reagan had a positive impact on every single person he came into contact with, and will continue to do so. His legacy will live on."  Detective Inspector Justin Spanner, who led the investigation, said: "Our thoughts today re

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