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'I was scared of everything after sister's murder'

Loughborough Olympian Joel Fearon has said the death of his sister a year ago forced him to retire from professional sport.

He鈥檚 competed in both the winter and summer Olympic Games, winning bronze in the four-man bobsleigh event at Sochi in 2014.

But his life changed forever when his sister Natasha Morais was murdered in her home in Leicestershire last June. Her killer has now been jailed for 34 years.

The impact of his sister's death led to Joel retiring from the sport just one month later.

Joel's been talking to Ushma Mistry.

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