'I wish it was different' - stab victim's sister

Becky Dustan said she wished she could have Christmas dinner with her brother Michael Riddiough-Allen again

A campaigner whose brother was stabbed to death said she wishes "something could change" so they could have Christmas dinner together.

Becky Dustan said she wanted everything to be different following the death of her brother Michael Riddiough-Allen, who was murdered in a knife attack outside Eclipse nightclub in Bodmin in April 2023.

Jake Hill, who also injured four other people with a serrated hunting knife he had hidden in nearby bush, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 28 years for the attack.

Ms Dunstan, who set up the Mike's Trust charity alongside her family after the 32-year-old's death, said she wants to make "positive changes".

Speaking during a visit to Bodmin College as part of the launch of a website dedicated to tackling knife crime, Ms Dunstan said she wished her brother, who had intervened in a bid to stop Hill injuring others, had walked away from the scene.

"I wish everything could be different, but it's not and we work with what we've got," she said.

"And what we've got is a situation to be learnt from and let's see the positive in that and let's make positive changes."

Michael Riddiough-Allen was murdered by Jake Hill outside Eclipse Nightclub in Bodmin

The charity set up in her brother's name works to highlight the effects knife crime can have on victims and society.

Ms Dunstan said while she and her family wanted to do everything they could to stop others dying in similar circumstances to her brother, it was a position they would rather not be in.

She added: "I wish that something could change so that I wouldn't be sat here and me and him could be sat down having Christmas dinner again."

Becky Dustan helped promote the launch of Devon and Cornwall Police's #NotTheOne website

Devon and Cornwall Police has developed the #NotTheOne website to show the dangers of carrying a knife in public.

Insp Adam Stonehill said: "What we're doing is starting that conversation and having the conversation around the consequence of carrying a knife in public."

Alongside Hill, Tia Taylor, from Bodmin, was jailed for three years for manslaughter and perverting the course of justice.

Fellow Bodmin resident Chelsea Powell was found not guilty of murder and manslaughter, but guilty of perverting the course of justice by lying to police after the attack.

Taylor will be released on licence after 18 months and Powell was released immediately due to time served on remand.