A murder investigation has been launched following the fatal stabbing of a man in Brixton.
Police were called at around 20:45hrs on Tuesday, 14 February to reports of a stabbing in Hillside Road, SW2.
Officers attended with the London Ambulance Service and found a 51-year-old man suffering from stab injuries. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Next of kin have been informed but formal identification awaits.
A post-mortem examination will be held in due course
A 38-year old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and is currently in custody at a south London police station.
The Met's Homicide and Major Crime Command investigate under Acting Detective Chief Inspector Tom Dahri.
Enquiries into the circumstances of the incident are ongoing.
Anyone with information is asked to call the incident room on 020 8721 4961, contact police via 101 or @MetCC or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Murder investigation launched in Brixton
Local curtain twitchers' email group has it that it was a fight over a woman / romance
A 'fight'?
Does anyone know if the stabbing victim has been named?
Tulse Hill resident
Gary Heaven, 51, was stabbed to death in front of his new girlfriend on Valentine's Day 2017.
The couple were walking their dog in Hillside Road, Streatham, when they were approached by a man armed with a knife at around 8.45pm.
During a struggle Mr Heaven, suffered
a fatal stab wound to the neck and a stab wound to the back of his left arm. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 9.31pm.
On 16 February 2017, 38-year old
Chi-Wah Cheung, of no fixed address, was charged with murder.
Cheung went on trial at Woolwich Crown Court on 21 August 2017. He was convicted of murder on 31 August and on 1 September 2017 was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 28 years before parole.
Cheung was also found guilty of possession of an offensive weapon. He was sentenced to four years' imprisonment, to run concurrently.
The court heard Mr Heaven's new girlfriend Jamie Gavin had previously been in a relationship with
Cheung for about nine years until they split up 2015.
Cheung, who had a history of violence, did not accept the break-up and behaved aggressively after discovering she was dating Mr Heaven. On the day of the attack he called Miss Gavin to say he wanted to come and collect some letters and continued calling throughout the day despite her saying she was not interested.
He armed himself with a kitchen knife and confronted the couple in the street after seeing them holding hands.
Cheung (above) called your fellow local Tulse Hill resident Mr Heaven a 'black bastard' and a 'mug' and attacked him while defenceless Mr Heaven tried to fend him off with a dog lead. During the struggle on the pavement as your fellow local resident Mr Heaven tried to protect himself,
Cheung then started raining blows down onto Mr Heaven who was stabbed twice; one to the back of the left arm and the fatal injury to the right side of his neck.
Cheung shouted 'F*cking die' as he carried out the attack before fleeing towards Streatham Hill.
You are perfectly correct.
. Although we now use that one on the corner of Norwood High Street and that slip street to the station with the Portuguese place on, and it would have to be better (and cheaper) than that.
