Brother’s tribute to murdered sister

THE brother of one of the teenage girls shot dead at a New Year party yesterday paid a moving tribute to his sister at an anti-gun crime rally.

Charlene Ellis, 18, was killed in a hail of gunshots at a hairdressing salon in Birmingham along with her 17-year-old friend Letisha Shakespeare.

Charlene’s brother Michael yesterday took to the stage at the city’s Villa Park football stadium in a cross-community memorial service to the murdered pair.