Thavisha Peiris killing: ‘World destroyed’ by stabbing

Six weeks after Thavisha Peiris was stabbed to death in Sheffield on his final shift as a pizza delivery driver, his mother Sudharma Narangoda is a long way from coming to terms with his death.

“I feel like the whole world has been destroyed,” Mrs Narangoda told me.

“It was hard bringing him up, it was a lot of love and sacrifice, all wiped out, now we have no hope for the future.”

Mr Peiris, 25, had studied at Sheffield Hallam University and, having graduated in 2011, was on the cusp of a new career as an IT consultant when he was killed on 27 October.