Lavern Joseph paid tribute to her son Lajean Richards, 19, who witnesses say died being carried to his mother's home after being stabbed on the Surrey Lane Estate on Tuesday night. A witness said she saw Mr Richards being carried to his mother’s flat after he was stabbed in a car park outside the block of flats where he lived with his mum. (Image: PA)Police and paramedics were called to the scene around 7.52pm, and medics performed surgery in the street, but Mr Richards was pronounced dead at the scene 40 minutes later. “It would have made a big difference to the murder.”(Image: PA)A close friend of Mr Richards' family said: “He did have a criminal past and he was turning things around. “It’s a tragedy that he couldn’t see that through.”He said Mr Richards turned away from a life of crime after a stint in prison.

Source: Daily Mirror February 06, 2019 12:51 UTC