\n Berhane, aged 33, died on September 29, three days after being found seriously injured on Lower Tower Street.\n<\/p>\n
\n On Tuesday (May 5) Simon Gebrengus, aged 44 of Anderson Road, was jailed for six years having pleaded guilty to manslaughter.\n<\/p>\n
\n A second man, Bibi Gilzgi, from Birmingham, also admitted manslaughter but denies murder and is due to go on trial early next year.\n<\/p>\n
\n Police were initially called by ambulance service colleagues to a nightclub on Lower Tower Street, where they had found Berhane with serious head injuries.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Major Crime Unit began immediate enquiries and found that he had been in a disagreement which resulted in him being assaulted, pushed down a flight of stairs, and hitting his head.\n<\/p>\n
\n CCTV showed that it was Gebrengus who had pushed him, and the 44-year-old was arrested a short time later before being charged.\n<\/p>\n
\n Berhane\u2019s injuries proved to be unsurvivable.\n<\/p>\n
\n Det Sgt Robert Moir, who led the investigation, said: \u201cGebrengus\u2019s initial account of what happened was inconsistent with what our enquiries found.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt became clear that he was involved in Berhane\u2019s death, and our team of officers worked hard to bring him to justice for that.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThroughout our investigation, our thoughts have remained with Berhane\u2019s family, who should be praised for their strength in dealing with this process.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The family said in a tribute: \u201cWe wish to express the profound and devastating impact his death has had on us and our wider community.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWords cannot fully describe the depth of our loss and the pain we continue to endure.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cBerhane was a kind, loving, gentle, and humble man.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cHe was a person of strong integrity, always honest, respectful, and true to his values.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cHe worked hard and was determined to build a stable future for himself and to support his family.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe impact of his death on our family is immeasurable, and the grief we carry will remain with us for the rest of our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Berhane, aged 33, died on September 29, three days after being found seriously injured on Lower Tower Street.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":946878,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-946877","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116540992829287225","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=946877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/946878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}