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Ryan Passey died after being stabbed outside a Stourbridge nightclub in 2017. The man accused of his murder was cleared after he admitted stabbing Mr Passey, but claimed he did so in self-defence.
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Ryan Passey died in 2017 aged 24
MPs are set to discuss proposals to make juries explain their verdicts following a campaign by the family of a young man who was stabbed to death in the Black Country – but their hopes have been dealt a blow by the Ministry of Justice.
The family of Ryan Passey, who was killed aged 24 in Chicago s nightclub in Stourbridge in 2017, are pushing for a change in the law that would compel juries to give reasons for their verdicts.
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