Brother of young man stabbed to death 26 years ago speaks out as his killer finally faces justice
direct to your inboxThe brother of a young man who died in a city centre knife attack 26 years ago has praised police for never giving up on the case after the killer finally faced justice.New DNA techniques helped police prove Geoffrey Strike was responsible for killing 21-year-old Jason Comerford in 1994.Strike, who is mentally ill, stabbed him in the neck in an unprovoked attack after Jason had been on a night out in Manchester city centre.A court heard Strike may have mistakenly believed he was 'under threat of some kind' due to his mental health problems, but that Jason was 'entirely blameless'.More than a quarter of a century later, Strike, who did not feature in the police's initial investigations, has faced justice.A conviction was