Juleth Hutchinson, 62, paid tribute to her brother Denton Burke who was one of four family members stabbed and killed in Bermondsey, South London last month.

Denton’s grieving sister Juleth Hutchinson, 62, paid tribute to her brother who “only gave you jokes and smiles”.She told how Denton, a father of two, was a former professional chef in Jamaica and worked as a street cleaner in Westminster. She said she last saw him on March 12 when he threw a surprise birthday party for his wife Dolet, who was battling breast cancer.

The family had a “lovely evening” at the get-together, where he cooked “piles of food” for his family.

“I didn’t know it was the last time I was going to see my brother,” she added.

“My brother was a nice, quiet, innocent young man. He only gave you jokes and smiles. He was always smiling.“He didn’t deserve to die like this and we don’t know what happened.

“It’s too much because we are a very close family and we love each other.”

She added that Denton, originally from St Mary, Jamaica, “loved to cook” – especially jerk chicken.

Juleth said she had also worked with his wife Dolet at Guy’s Hospital for 19 years.

“She was a lovely bubbly lady,” she added. “She was always so kind and genuine. She was just a people person.”

Dolet was described by a friend as “very loving, very kind and very generous”

Shaken by the shocking news, Juleth added: “I have always seen this sort of thing on the news but I didn’t know it would come to my doorstep. I don’t know how to handle it at all.”

Juleth, from Battersea, laid flowers with family members including her daughter and granddaughter at the scene in Bermondsey, south London.

Chayloe Daley, 26, also paid tribute to her great-uncle, adding: “We have been together since yesterday. We wanted to drive up here to get as close to him as possible.”

Denton’s niece Dawn Morrison, 56, added: “We miss them. We miss them so much.”

The tributes come after police officially identified the four family members as Denton Burke, 58, Dolet Hill, 64, Ms Hill’s daughter Tanysha Ofori-Akuffo, 45, also known as Rachquel, who lived in Kennington, and Ms Ofori-Akuffo’s daughter Samantha Drummonds, 27, who lived in Forest Hill.

Police said the 28-year-old man suspected of killing them was tasered before his arrest. He remains in hospital in a stable condition.