Overview
- Stephen Morrisson, a social-media creator known as Zero Ls, was stabbed in a car park in Epping on June 23, 2020 and later died in hospital.
- A jury found Ellis Heather, 25, guilty of murder after a five-week trial and Judge Lickley KC imposed a life sentence with a minimum term of 28 years on July 17, 2026.
- Police reviewed more than 200 hours of CCTV and seized over 1,000 exhibits, including about 50 mobile phones and nearly 40 computers, which prosecutors said were central to securing the conviction.
- Co-defendant Yonas Girma was acquitted of murder, and Heather is already serving a separate sentence for firearms offences imposed in July 2023.
- Family statements at sentencing described long-term emotional harm to Morrisson’s relatives and the verdict may prompt renewed scrutiny of violence linked to some music-video shoots and drill culture.