2019 Colchester stabbings

2019 Colchester stabbings
1 First victim is stabbed at 9:55pm in George Street 2 Second victim is found at 8:20 the next morning in Ryegate Road, a minute from the first victim <graph> { // // ATTENTION: This code is maintained at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:Graph:Street_map_with_marks // Please do not modify it anywhere else, as it may get copied and override your changes. // Suggestions can be made at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template_talk:Graph:Street_map_with_marks // // Template translation is in https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Data:Original/Template:Graphs.tab // "version": 2, "width":300, "height": 220, "padding": 0, "signals":[ // These signals allow us to quickly move the map within the image, e.g. to leave space for the legend {"name":"legendWidth", "init": {"expr": "0"} }, {"name":"legendHeight", "init": {"expr": "height"} }, {"name":"imgWidth", "init": {"expr": "width-legendWidth"} }, {"name":"imgHeight", "init": {"expr": "height"} }, {"name":"imgXC", "init": {"expr": 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Location
Coordinates	51°53′25.9″N 0°54′08.5″E ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽
Date
Target	Drug related
Attack type	Stabbing
Weapons	Knife
Deaths	1
Non-fatal injuries	1
Motive	Drug related attacks

On 10 February 2019, two men were attacked and stabbed with one suffering fatal injuries in the town of Colchester in Essex, England.

Background

At 10pm on 10 February 2019, Essex Police were called to George Street, Colchester after reports a 40-year-old man had been stabbed in the back. He was taken to hospital. The following morning a man was found dead with stab wounds to his back on Ryegate Road, a minute's walk from the first victim at 8:20 GMT. The fatally injured man was the next day identified as 49-year-old local Colchester resident Carl Hopkins. Essex Police also believed both stabbings where "drug related".

Discovery of the victims

At around 10pm on 10 February a man was stabbed in George Street, Colchester. According to reports, a man "ran in with stab wounds" into the George Street Snooker Club. They said he took his shirt off and there were multiple wounds on his back." The victim was rushed to hospital with serious injuries but which "are not believed to be life-threatening or life-changing." The next morning, at 8:20 a second victim was found in nearby Ryegate Road, roughly a minutes walk apart from George street, and was quickly found to be deceased. Multiple people saw the victim and thought he was sleeping so did not take further action. A police cordon was placed at both scenes and a forensic tent set up to secure evidence.

Arrest

On 15 February 2019 Essex Police arrested a 17 year old male from Woolwich, London, on suspicion of murder and attempted murder.

Aftermath

The day after the bodies where discovered Mike Lilley, Colchester Council’s public safety boss, said he wanted streetlights turned on throughout the night in order to combat crime and create a safer environment as the alley where Hopkins was discovered was described as "very dark" and residents complained that the lack of lighting worried them.

See also

• 2014 Colchester murders

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