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Footballer brought to life in video game 15 years after tragic death

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Kiyan Prince is seen in this FIFA21 in-game still. [EA Sports, Handout via Reuters]

Had a cruel twist of fate not intervened, Kiyan Prince might have graced the Premier League, earned England caps and shared pitches with the biggest names in soccer.

Sadly we will never know as in 2006, when aged 15, he received a single fatal stab wound to the chest outside his school after going to the assistance of a boy being bullied.

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