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1. Man stabbed to death at RE bar in Eastcote
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-34500696
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-21-dies-after-being-6614423
http://www.itv.com/news/london/2015-10-12/man-stabbed-to-death-in-front-of-40-
people-eastcote-nightclub/
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/police-hunt-man-over-murder-of-clubber-at-
eastcote-wine-bar-a3089981.html
 Josh Hanson (21) stabbed in neck
 1:10am Sunday 11/10/15 at RE bar in Eastcote
 40 people were in the bar
 Scotland Yard involved
 Bar has an over 21s policy
 He died at the scene, despite paramedics attempts to save him.
 Police have launched a murder investigation
 No arrests have been made and a post-mortem examination is due to take place
 Police say they want to speak to the estimate 40 witnesses, and want anyone who
was at the bar that night - even if they had left before the stabbing took place - to get
in touch.
 Shane O'Brien, 27, is wanted for questioning
 His attacker stabbed him in the neck with a sharp implement before fleeing
 Anyone with information can contact police on 020 8785 8099 or speak to
Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111
Summary: Josh Hanson, a 21 year old, was stabbed in the neck with a sharp implement
before dying at the scene at 1:10am Sunday 11/10/15, despite paramedics’ attempts to
save him. The bar has an over 21s policy, indicating that he was not questioned for ID as
he should have been. Scotland Yard, along with the Metropolitan Police, have launched
a murder investigation to get in contact with the 40 people present in the bar at the time,
however no arrests have been made- a post-mortem examination is due to take place.
Shane O’Brien is currently wanted for questioning, however no formal decisions have
been made. Anyone with information can contact police on 020 8785 8099 or speak to
Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Knife crime is on a rise for the first time in four years. Knife crime is still lower than it was
prior to 2012 but recently has increased by 3%, with 3.8 million offences recorded in the
year.
The ONS data showed that possession of knife offences rose by 10%, sexual assaults with
knives went up 28%, and knife assaults increased by 13% from 11,911 to 13,488 offences.
However there was a decrease in robberies involving knives, down 14% from 11,927 to
10,270.