Ronan Kanda: Stabbed boy's sister launches anti-knife campaign

Ronan Kanda's sister Nikita has fronted a new campaign

The sister of a schoolboy stabbed to death during a "senseless" knife attack has fronted a police campaign.

Ronan Kanda, 16, was murdered in a case of mistaken identity just yards from his home on Mount Road, Wolverhampton, on 29 June last year.

He had left to buy a PlayStation controller from a friend before he was attacked by an assailant carrying a 20in (51cm) sword.

Two teenagers have been jailed for his killing.

In a video released by West Midlands Police and set to be shown in schools, Ronan's sister Nikita recalled the moment she was told her brother had been stabbed.

"Everyone would describe Ronan as the boy with the biggest smile, the boy who would try and make everyone laugh, the boy who would do anything for anybody," she said.

Nikita told of her family's heartbreak after Ronan's murder

In the clip, Nikita is seen standing on the road of the fatal attack, just 30 seconds away from her family home.

The video was released during a region wide police operation called Sceptre which aims to reduce the impact of knife crime.

The force said: "As Operation Sceptre returns this week to reduce the deadly impact of knife crime - we are focusing on one family's heartbreak at the loss of their beloved son and brother as a result of a senseless knife attack."

'Destroyed our lives'

Nikita added: "I think if you ask those two boys now in jail what did they gain from this they'll tell you they gained nothing from it.

"They ruined their lives, they ruined their families lives and they've absolutely destroyed our lives."

Ronan Kanda was killed just yards from his home

The devastated sister urged people to help save a life by reporting information about anyone carrying a knife.

She added her brother might still be alive if somebody had reported his killers.

In September, Ronan's relatives travelled to Downing Street to deliver a petition to ban the sale of knifes online.