Footballer Cody Fisher's murderers who knifed him to death on nightclub dancefloor could get their jail sentences lengthened, the Attorney General has said.
The killers Remy Gordon, 23, and Kami Carpenter, 22, were jailed for life with a minimum of 26 and 25 years respectively for stabbing 23-year-old former Birmingham City academy player Cody Fisher to death on Boxing Day 2022.
Now the Attorney General is considering whether to refer the sentences of two men to the Court of Appeal for reconsideration.
On Saturday, the Attorney General's Office said it has received a referral arguing their sentences were too lenient.
Mr Fisher was fatally stabbed after a knife was smuggled through security into the Crane nightclub in Digbeth, Birmingham, in a pre-planned 'act of retribution' for a minor incident two days earlier.
Cody Fisher, who was murdered on Boxing Day 2022, is pictured with his mother Tracey Fisher
Cody Fisher, 23, (pictured) died after being stabbed on the dancefloor of Crane nightclub in Digbeth, Birmingham
The killers Remy Gordon, 23, and Kami Carpenter, 22, were jailed for life with a minimum of 26 and 25 years respectively
Jurors at Birmingham Crown Court were told Gordon, of Cofton Park Drive, Birmingham, orchestrated the 'awful revenge' after Mr Fisher made brief 'unavoidable' contact with his back while leaving a club in Solihull on Christmas Eve.
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Mr Fisher was not prepared to apologise, having done nothing wrong and been threatened with violence, the court heard, and left the club with his friend.
The court heard Gordon sent messages on Snapchat to friends around 45 minutes after the initial incident, appealing for help to identify a photograph of Mr Fisher and threatening to 'shank him up'.
Mobile phone footage of the victim lying on the floor after he was stabbed in the chest and leg by Carpenter, of Owens Croft, Kings Norton, was shown to the court.
Mr Fisher, who also played football for Stratford Town and Bromsgrove Sporting, died at the scene.
The announcement comes just weeks after the talented footballer's mother Tracy Fisher slammed the jail time as too lenient and demanded longer sentences for those carrying knives.
Speaking outside the court, Mr Fisher's mother Tracey slammed the 'shocking' sentences and said justice had not been served for her son.
'For us as a family Cody will still not come home and we will forever live in the shadow of his senseless murder,' she said.
'I know that our grief will go on and we will continue with our life sentence, missing our child each and every day.'
Tracey Fisher, the mother of Mr Fisher, speaking outside Birmingham Crown Court after Remy Gordon and Kami Carpenter were jailed for life
Jess Chatwin (left), Mr Fisher's girlfriend, is seen with his parents Tracey and Chris
Police outside the Crane nightclub in Digbeth, Birmingham, where Cody Fisher died after being stabbed on the dancefloor
Cody Fisher with his girlfriend Jess Chatwin, who was in the nightclub when he was murdered
Tracey added: 'Justice will never be done. Those sentences, shocking.' Tracey added that she would like to see 'harsher sentences for carrying knives', and branding those who do as 'weak, pathetic cowards'.
'Our beautiful boy lost his life to knife crime, for no reason at all.'
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An impact statement from Tracey, who did not enter the court room today but was in the building during the sentencing hearing, detailed how her son's death was 'too much for a mother to bear'.
Paying tribute to her son, her statement said: 'Since this horrendous day I feel that my own life has ended, it is as though I too was stabbed straight through the heart.
'I have seen myself go from the happiest, outgoing person, to fighting the hell out of just getting through each and every horrendous, never-ending day in the abhorrent knowledge that my youngest son, my best friend, is never coming home to sleep in his bedroom, the room that I still cannot enter even to this day.
'I instilled in Cody from a young boy that he must stick up for himself and don't let anyone bully him.
'I told him that sad, weak individuals do exist in our society and they ruin lives - how ironic and saddening that this is exactly what happened to Cody.
'He was only doing what his mum told him to do and I think about this every day, but you never expect your child to be murdered.'
A spokesperson for Victoria Prentis said she will weigh up whether to refer the case to the Court of Appeal.
The statutory time limit for the review to be completed is May 3, her spokesperson said.
