Reece Newcombe: Richmond Bridge fight victim named by police - BBC

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Reece NewcombeImage source, Met Police

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Reece Newcombe was stabbed successful the aboriginal hours of Saturday

A antheral who died pursuing a combat connected a span successful south-west London has been named by police.

Reece Newcombe, 31, was stabbed with portion of solid connected Richmond Bridge astir 04:00 GMT connected Saturday.

The Met Police said it believed determination were a fig of witnesses who whitethorn person video footage, and urged them to travel forward.

No arrests person been made and Mr Newcombe's adjacent of kin person been informed.

He was fixed CPR and taken to infirmary wherever helium died aboriginal that morning.

Det Ch Insp Katherine Goodwin, who is starring the investigation, said: "We judge a fig of radical watched the incidental unfold and immoderate onlookers whitethorn person recorded footage connected their mobile phones.

"Anyone who has yet to talk to america is urged to travel guardant immediately. My squad are moving to supply Reece's household with answers and the nationalist could person invaluable accusation that volition assistance our investigation."

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The combat happened connected Richmond Bridge

Richmond policing lead, Ch Supt Lis Chapple, said: "My thoughts are with Reece and his family. We volition bash everything we tin to enactment our colleagues successful Specialist Crime arsenic they enactment to found what has happened here.

"A country volition stay successful spot and my officers volition stay posted astatine the country and successful the country to talk to section radical astir immoderate concerns they have, oregon accusation they mightiness privation to share."

A post-mortem introspection volition beryllium held successful owed course.

Anyone with accusation that could assistance constabulary should telephone 101.

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