Drill rapper jailed for life for stabbing influencer to death while filming music video

Drill rapper jailed for life for stabbing influencer to death while filming music video Ellis Heather, 25, was today handed a life-sentence at the Old Bailey for stabbing content creator Stephen Morrisson, 30, to death at a music video shoot in Epping A drill rapper who murdered a content creator at a music video shoot in Essex has been jailed for life. Stephen Morrisson, 30, died on June 23, 2020, after suffering a fatal stab injury during a violent assault in a car park in Epping. Ellis Heather, 25, was today handed a life-sentence at the Old Bailey and must serve a minimum of 28 years. Stephen, known online as Zero Ls, was stabbed within minutes of stumbling into Heather's music video shoot, during which he was filming with big snakes and a Komodo dragon by the Wake Valley Pond car park, near Loughton. Heather, whose stage name is Rack5, is a member of CGM - a west London gang also called 1011. He is already serving a prison sentence for firearms offences. Stephen was able to leave the scene despite his injures and seek help at a petrol station before he tragically died later in hospital. Heather, formerly of Taplow, Maidenhead, was found guilty of murder by a jury on June 23, 2026, following a five-week trial. Police trawled through more than 200 hours of CCTV footage and seized mobile phones, almost 40 computer devices and five vehicles during the investigation into Stephen's death. At a sentencing hearing today, His Honour Judge Lickley KC said Heather was "armed with a knife… and had used it to deadly effect" and that he had "stabbed Stephen without any justification… in a moment of extreme violence". He then left the scene with no concern for Stephen, the judge added. The Judge also said Heather had boasted about his actions in a music video and had mocked Stephen's family. In a statement read by Stephen's mum Lorraine on behalf of her family, she said: "Steve was a son, a brother, a dad and an uncle. Every day we try to keep his memory alive so that his young son, nieces and nephews never forget him, because memories are all we now have left. "The babies born after his death have been robbed of the chance to know their amazing uncle, because of you. We have attended weddings, family events and celebrations that Steve should have been part of. "We place a photograph where Steve would have sat so that he is still included. The older children feel the same pain and loss that we do as adults. "Steve was a huge part of our lives. He was happy, funny and larger than life. His death has left an enormous hole in our family."