Thursday, July 16, 2026

Five children held in UK over death of 80-year-old man

Mr Matts said, “Officers are continuing to work at speed to establish the details of the attack.’’

• September 3, 2024
UK flag
UK flag used to illustrate the story [Photo credit: Flagpoles.co.uk]

Five children including three aged 12 have been arrested in the United Kingdom on suspicion of killing an 80-year-old man following a “serious” assault at a park.

Leicestershire Police on Tuesday said it had launched a murder investigation after the elderly man died in hospital from injuries sustained on Sunday evening.

Officers have arrested five people, a boy and a girl, aged 14, and one boy and two girls, aged 12, on suspicion of murder.

According to the police, the assault happened close to the park entrance, and a group of young people fled the scene before emergency services arrived.

Police wish to speak with anyone who was in the park or the surrounding area at the time of the attack.

A Senior Investigating Officer, Inspector Emma Matts, said, “Sadly, following the death of the victim last night, this has now become a murder investigation. Officers are continuing to work at speed to establish the details of the attack, and we have made a number of arrests as we continue to understand what has happened.

“A scene preservation will remain in place at the park while our investigation progresses. Local officers are also in the area carrying out re-assurance patrols and can speak with anyone in the local community who has concerns.”

Leicestershire Police had said in a statement that it would make a voluntary referral to the Independent Office of Police Conduct because the force had prior contact with the victim.

(dpa/NAN)

We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.

More from Peoples Gazette

farmers

Agriculture

FG tasks ECOWAS on leveraging financing strategies for agroecology

The federal government has urged stakeholders in the agriculture and finance sectors in the West Africa region to leverage financing strategies to enhance agroecology practices

Katsina State

Politics

Katsina youths pledge to deliver over 2 million votes to Atiku

“Katsina State is Atiku’s political base because it is his second home.”

Released Oyo hostages

States

Oyo Terrorists: Senate honours slain soldiers, teachers with N50 million donation

Senate president Godwill Akpabio, who gave the approval during the plenary on Wednesday, stated that each of the five bereaved families would receive N10 million.

Anti-Corruption

Ghanaian socialite fraudster Abu Trica faces 20 years in U.S. prison

Abu Trica has been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy.

Health

NANNM-FHI issues 15-Day ultimatum to FG over Kaduna Hospital crisis

The nurses gave an ultimatum that, if an alleged victimisation of its members at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Barnawa, Kaduna, was not addressed by July 29.

Education

U.S. reaches $4 million civil settlement, compliance agreement with WVUHS

The West Virginia United Health System, doing business as West Virginia University Health System, has agreed to pay $4,177,139 and entered a memorandum of agreement to resolve civil allegations of Controlled

Air Peace evacuates more Nigerians from South Africa

Africa

Air Peace ends evacuation of Nigerians fleeing South Africans’ xenophobic attacks

Air Peace has concluded the federal government’s humanitarian evacuation from South Africa, returning the final batch of 308 Nigerians aboard its Boeing 777-200 aircraft.

Collage of TVs

NationWide

NBC scraps annual digital TV access fee

The National Broadcasting Commission says Nigerians will no longer pay annual Digital Access Fees under the renewed Digital Switch Over project.