Police have confirmed they are treating the death of a young Ayrshire dad as murder after he was brutally killed in a random street attack.
The popular 23-year-old was seriously injured after being set upon with a weapon as he walked home from work along St Margaret’s Avenue in Dalry on Sunday night.
Members of the public rushed to help the stricken father-of-one but he was tragically pronounced dead at the scene a short time later.
His death was initially treated as ‘suspicious’ by officers who have now confirmed that he was murdered following the results of a post mortem.
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