The devastating story of rap star Depzman - five years on from Selly Oak stabbing

‘Don’t cry, Josh doesn’t like it when you cry,’ were the words muttered as Alison Cope stood soulless over her murdered son Joshua Ribera as she said goodbye for the final time.
The mum then climbed into bed next to Joshua, cuddled him tight and kissed him and said ‘Everything is OK, you’re at peace now’ before using every ounce of her power to turn her back and walk away from the hospital bed at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
It is five years to the day that rap star Joshua - known to most as Depzman - was killed as murderer Armani Mitchell plunged a knife into his chest and pierced his... read more