Tyson Fury demands action against knife crime after his cousin was fatally stabbed.

[{"selector":"#anim-ffad9417-3286-4699-8ed6-ac367897cb89 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-21.874999829338588%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] After his cousin was slain in a stabbing, boxer Tyson Fury urged the government to impose harsher penalties for knife crime.

[{"selector":"#anim-432f37d3-7dbc-49d3-a392-6bcd8bbdb15d [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-21.874999829338588%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] On social media, the heavyweight champion wrote, "RIP Rico Burton," who had been "stabbed in the neck" the previous night.

[{"selector":"#anim-f2fd25c3-fba4-4cae-908a-308957ef3b9e [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-35.234374910402764%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] You don't realise how terrible a problem is until one of your own gets involved, said Fury, who compared knife violence to a "pandemic".

[{"selector":"#anim-7ae010c5-b0e1-48f3-9ebd-b3f0417de2cd [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-34.93813442637169%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] While a police investigation was ongoing, the Ministry of Justice stated that it was unable to comment.

[{"selector":"#anim-de1374d4-51de-44ef-ab56-929cff34f05c [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-34.93813442637169%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Fury posted a tearful message on Instagram that read, "My cousin was killed last night, stabbed in the neck."

[{"selector":"#anim-003f7fb3-e020-4bb0-a450-1f13fae855c2 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.26831043321183%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] "Idiots carrying blades is getting crazy. It must stop now.

[{"selector":"#anim-4378138f-5a3f-4189-b96a-c3de08d6672b [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.26831043321183%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Bring back heavier sentences for knife crime," says the boxer from Morecambe.

[{"selector":"#anim-6f9071c8-592f-487b-96ba-97470abd477d [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-34.93813442637169%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Life is incredibly valuable and it can be taken away very quickly, the author concluded his essay by paying tribute to his cousin. savour each minute.

[{"selector":"#anim-8d94dda9-65e1-4573-896e-56059f1de4e3 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-47.11494427340789%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Rico Burton, rest in peace. I'll see you soon. May the Lord grant you a good place in heaven.