Colin Wingrove: Last News

A second person has died from injuries sustained during the crowd crush at an Asake concert at the Brixton Academy last week.Gaby Hutchinson was working as a security contractor at the show, the third of three sell out performances at the venue by the afrobeats artist. According to reports, as a crowd built up outside the Academy on Thursday evening, some people without tickets tried to force their way into the venue, resulting in the crush.Both Hutchinson and the other person who died as a result of the incident, Rebecca Ikumelo, were in the venue’s foyer at the time, police have confirmed, as was a third injured concert-goer who remains in a critical condition.Confirming Hutchinson’s death, Metropolitan Police Chief Superintendent Colin Wingrove told reporters: “It is devastating news that a second person has lost their life following the events on Thursday.

A grandmother has been named as one of four victims found stabbed to death yesterday morning.

Four people who were stabbed to death inside a house in Bermondsey have been named by police. Dolet Hill, 64, was yesterday confirmed as one of the victims of the horrific massacre at the address in south east London.