The family of a murdered man have recalled how he went from being a "happy person to dark" in the months before his death. Kasey Anderson, 24, tragically died at the hands of his partner Natalie Bennet, 47, inside a house in Croxteth, Liverpool last March. She brutally plunged a knife into his heart before trying to stab him in the head. He desperately begged for him whilst lying on his neighbour's driveway.

Bennett was slapped with a life sentence with a minimum term of 18 years following a trial at Liverpool Crown Court. Following Kasey's death, his heartbroken family have released a video with Liverpool Council to raise awareness of male domestic violence. In the emotional footage, his sister described his "bubbly" personality, reports Manchester Eveing News. She said: "He was amazing. We were born two years apart. We loved each other all the world and he was just so bubbly and growing up with him was perfect if I had any word for it." His dad Graham's partner Jacqui added: "He was just such a happy, fun-loving kid to be around, he was dead smiley and he just got on with everyone. There was no one that didn't love Casey.".

Speaking about the period after he became involved with Bennett, Jacqui recalled: "I've never seen someone go from such a happy person to dark. No fun. There was no singing, dancing, they weren't mixing with the kids, friends didn't see them. They pushed the family away." Kasey's heartbroken dad Graham shared the warning signs he noticed. "We started seeing him with big lips, big fat lip, black eyes, they were out there where his eye was closed," he said. "What's going on there Kasey? What's happened there?.

"He would just come out with excuses like, 'walked into a door didn't I' or 'I had a fight with someone.' But we knew, everyone knew it was her, because Kasey would let no one do that to him." Speaking about his son's death, Graham added: "The dreaded day came where she stabbed him. He had two heart attacks on the operating table, survived and lived for another 21 days before we had to decide about turning his life support machine off. It broke my heart. I will never see him grow up, have children - she took all that away. She took his life and she took his life away from his family.".

Kasey's family want to encourage men who are suffering from domestic abuse to seek help. "Men need someone to come forward to. You're not weak to come forward and try and get help. They could save your life and not end up like my son," Graham continued. The family have been working with the Paul Lavelle Foundation, which was set up in memory of Paul Lavelle who was killed by his partner Sarah Lewis at his flat in Rock Ferry, Wirral.