Minister Enfrence, a 21 year old father known as 'Big Z,' was a drug dealer who carried a 'large, ugly, ferocious' knife. However, to his family who loved him, he was more than just that. On the 5th of November last year, he had plans to take his driving theory test in Birmingham and attend a job interview, hoping for a better life.

Sadly, he never got the chance. That morning, he was brutally murdered by a brother and sister during a cannabis deal on his bicycle. Another casualty of Birmingham's grim drug underworld. Another father, son, and brother lost to knife crime, reports Birmingham Live. Another family torn apart. Like many others, Minister's death was utterly senseless.

That morning, he was in contact with Mya Marsh, a regular cannabis customer. The 23 year old from Kings Norton, struggling with her mental health that day, had been given the morning off from her job at Lloyds Bank. She already owed Minister £200 but hoped to settle the debt later and buy more cannabis for £20 that day.

Around 8.30am, she visited a local shop and a cash machine. She attempted to meet Minister but gave up after waiting for about 30 minutes and returned to her home at Teviot Grove.

At 9.30am, Mya left her home for the second time, but again Minister did not show up. She went back home once more, calling her brother Isaiah, then aged 20, on her way back. She was likely grumbling about her drug dealer's lateness, somewhat ironically considering she had kept him waiting for overdue payments.

Just before 10am, Minister arrived in nearby Medway Grove on his bicycle. Mya, donned in a hair bonnet, long grey cardigan and 'Pulp Fiction' T-shirt, walked out to meet him. Anticipating a dispute over her debt, she armed herself with a kitchen knife. She immediately launched into a verbal attack on Minister, behaving aggressively and insisting he stay.

The argument intensified as Minister pushed back and demanded his money. At one point, she grabbed the handlebars of his bike and declared 'you're f****** going nowhere'. Then she brandished her knife to intimidate him, in full view of a CCTV camera recording the confrontation. Minister backed off. He did not appear threatening and he was not seen to draw the large knife that he was carrying. Before long, Isaiah, who had been on an open call with his sister, arrived on his own bicycle.

As the argument continued, Isaiah signalled for Mya to stay back as he walked over to Minister and put his arm around his shoulder as if to grab him in a headlock. But Minister reacted quickly and flipped him to the ground. They began to scuffle and moved behind a substation where they were out of camera shot for about a minute. At some point, the knife Minister was carrying fell to the ground and was picked up by Mya.

The two men came back into view of the CCTV still grappling. Mya handed a knife to Isaiah, but he initially refrained from using it.

She further assisted her brother by seizing Minister's arms and lying atop them, immobilising Minister and allowing Isaiah to break free. Once upright, Isaiah launched a savage assault, stabbing Minister around a dozen times. Mya observed the scene. At one point, she got something in her eye, possibly the victim's blood, and she turned away.

Isaiah continued his attack, inflicting over 20 knife wounds in total. Eventually, he lost his balance and Mya demanded 'stop it, stop it'. But by then, the damage was done. Minister retreated and ran away. Distressing Ring doorbell footage captured him seeking help from a nearby house before collapsing in the street.

Two women attended to him and called for paramedics, but he died at the scene. Meanwhile, Isaiah remounted his bike and returned home. Mya could be seen gathering items from the ground where the stabbing occurred before she also went home, removing Minister's bike along the way.

She helped dress injuries on Isaiah's hands and arm, which he may have sustained while defending himself in the fight with Minister. In a crude attempt to dispose of evidence, Mya's kitchen knife and part of Minister's knife, which had broken, were discarded in a wheelie bin at the Marsh's residence, along with incriminating clothing items.

Isaiah took a taxi to his father's house before heading to Heartlands Hospital, where he attributed his injuries to a bicycle accident. Mya carried on with her day as usual, going to work and then spending the night at a friend's house in Aston to evade the authorities. The siblings eventually turned themselves into the police the following day.

Both gave evidence at their trial at Birmingham Crown Court, denying any involvement in the murder. They both falsely claimed that it was Minister who initiated the violence. Isaiah alleged that Minister had stabbed him first, arguing that he acted in self-defence. His lawyer also argued that his actions were influenced by his complex post-traumatic stress disorder. Mya admitted to passing a knife to her brother but claimed she was 'scared and shocked' when he proceeded to stab Minister. She insisted that she did not intend for her drug dealer to be killed or even seriously injured.

However, the jury dismissed their accounts of the events and took less than four hours to convict them of murder. Both are set to receive mandatory life sentences, with Judge Simon Drew KC left to determine the minimum terms they should serve in prison before being eligible for release. A crucial legal issue was whether the weapon used to fatally wound Minister was the kitchen knife Mya brought to the scene or another knife Isaiah might have had with him.

If it had been either of them, it would have added ten years to their 'starting point'. A pathologist determined that Minister's injuries were caused by a blade with both sharp and blunt edges, similar to Mya's kitchen knife. However, no DNA evidence linked him to the knife. This also ruled out the double-edged sheath knife that fell from Minister during the struggle.

Judge Drew couldn't dismiss Isaiah's claim that Minister brought a second knife to the scene, despite expressing deep suspicion and scepticism about it. As a result, he couldn't conclude with certainty that the murder weapon was one brought by either sibling. Consequently, the starting point for sentencing was 15 years, not 25. After considering aggravating and mitigating factors, Judge Drew ruled that both should serve a minimum term of 20 years before being eligible for parole.

They will be in their early 40s when that time comes. Judge Drew stated: "Mya, at the time of your arrest you were a user of cannabis. One of your drugs dealers was Minister. It was that relationship, and the tensions within it, that ultimately led to his death.

"I do not shy away from the fact he was a drugs dealer who was carrying a knife on the day he died, but in no way should that be thought to justify the circumstances or manner of his death. He was stabbed repeatedly but he did not die instantly. In obvious pain he was able to escape from you and he tried to get help."

The judge acknowledged: "We have all seen and heard the Ring doorbell footage. His was a traumatic and painful death. He was a young man whose life was ended in a terrifying and violent way." During the hearing, the court was informed that the siblings had been placed in care as children due to severe physical abuse by their father, resulting in a profound impact on their mental wellbeing. Neither sibling had a prior criminal record.

Mya's lawyer stated that her brief time in HMP Foston Hall in Derbyshire had been particularly challenging for her. The lawyer also mentioned that Mya's family was struggling to accept her actions as they were so out of character. Isaiah's lawyer maintained that the 21 year old was consumed by remorse for his actions. The lawyer also revealed that the siblings' mother had spoken with Minister's mother, Evelyn Nderere, during the proceedings.

Evelyn Nderere provided a statement to the court, expressing how Minister's death had left an unfillable void. She added: "This senseless act of violence beggars belief how someone could commit such a cruel act towards him as he tried turning his life around. It is one thing to see and hear about knife crime in the news. To live with it is completely different.

"It hurts to wake up and hurts to go to sleep knowing my son will never walk through those doors again with a smile on his face." She concluded: "I hope this raises awareness in my area for those who walk around with hate in their hearts to think about the repercussions a death like this causes family and friends."