Pictured: Man, 32, who died after fight outside Paddy Power bookies in south London as Met Police investigate 60 murders in the capital in 2018 so far
- Police have revealed man who died after a street fight in Morden, south London
- Aaron Springett, 32, was found collapsed outside of a Paddy Power after a fight
- A 31-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of the murder of Mr Springett
- The Met Police have now investigated 60 murders in the capital in 2018 so far
Aaron Springett, 32, died after a street fight outside of a Paddy Power bookies in Morden, south London
A 32-year-old who collapsed and died after a street fight in London has been named by police.
Aaron Springett was found collapsed after being assaulted near the Paddy Power bookmakers in Morden, south London on Thursday night.
A post-mortem examination gave cause of death as 'blunt force trauma to the chest'.
A 31-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder on Friday and remains in custody in a south London police station.
Mr Springett, described by friends as a 'funny crazy dude', was found outside the bookmakers, not far from where he lived.
Police officers were called to the scene after ambulance staff suspected he had been assaulted.
He was taken to a south London hospital in a critical condition but later died on Friday night.
Officers have urged anyone who was in the area at the time to come forward if they saw anything.
Mr Springett's brother set up a memorial page on Facebook.
He wrote: 'I've not stopped getting messages and love for my brother who is sadly missed.
Mr Springett was found collapsed on the street by ambulance staff who called police officers
'I still can't believe it myself.'
Other friends also added messages of support on social media.
Sam Ford said: 'On Friday night at 11.07 my best friend Frodo was taken from us. Brother I love you.'
Carol Churchward wrote: 'Aaron Springett RIP. Another good'un gone.'
Rachael Larcombe added: 'I can't believe it. So shocked. Such a funny crazy dude.'
Jem Djejlal wrote: 'Aaron how could we only know you such a short time and be so absolutely devastated by your passing? You were so lovely to be around and our boys thought you were brilliant.'
Mr Springett's brother has set-up a Facebook tribute page in his memory with friends expressing their shock at his death
Stacks of flowers and cards were left near the scene of where Mr Springett died (pictured)
A cordon could be seen around the scene following Mr Springett's death, for which a 31-year-old man has been arrested
'You came into our lives and were always so polite, sweet and kind, you will remain in our hearts forever
Officers have established that the victim was involved in a fight with a man in the street, which would have been busy with Friday night revellers.
Detective Inspector Will White, from the Homicide and Major Crime Command, said: 'I would like to speak with anyone who saw what happened to Aaron.
'The assault happened in a busy area in sight of a number of shops and bus stops and I'm certain people were in the area and may have seen or heard what happened.
'Any piece of information, however small, could greatly assist our inquiry.
'I would also like to hear from anyone who may have filmed the initial altercation on their phones as this footage might be vital.'
Kwesi, pictured with his sister, died after a fight broke out at a house party. He was found in Finsbury Park, north London
Mr Springett's death comes as the murders investigated by the Met Police in London rise to 60.
Two men were stabbed near a tube station in London on Friday just hours after another fatal stabbing.
Metropolitan Police have confirmed they were called to Tooting Bec station in south London at around 6pm after reports of fighting.
Two men were found with stab wounds, but their condition is unknown. No arrests have been made.
Earlier, a 20-year-old man was found fatally wounded on Roth Walk, near Finsbury Park, north London at around 3am.
Named locally as Kwesi, he was found within a hundred yards of the home of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
Medical staff fought to save his life but he was confirmed dead at the scene.
Another man, aged 21, was also found with stab wounds nearby and was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
He was later arrested.
Top trauma surgeon Martin Griffiths has predicted a summer of 'carnage' as youth violence rises across the capital.
Police vans and cars were spotted outside Tooting Bec station in south London on Friday after two men were found with stab wounds
The death toll from the surge in violence in London rose further last night with the death of an 18-year-old in Forest Gate
He warns that the warmer weather will further increase the bloodshed among young people.
Mr Griffiths, who works at the Royal London Hospital in east London, said that treating children with knife and gunshot wounds had become 'the bread and butter' of his job.
Commenting on the wave of violence Mr Griffiths told the Times: 'I'm a trauma surgeon, not a paediatric surgeon. We're having to use the skillset that we use to look after adult trauma injuries for kids.
'That was never part of the deal. But we look after children now — that's what we do. Welcome to the new normal.'
A 20-year-old man was knifed to death at around 3am on Friday in Finsbury Park (pictured: forensic officers at the scene)
He was found fatally wounded on Roth Walk, near Finsbury Park, at around 3am on Saturday, Scotland Yard said
He added: 'We handled a terrorist attack like we handle a busy Saturday night.
'That's a sobering thought.' he said, referring to the London Bridge terrorist attack on June 3 last year.
'Every day an ambulance rolls up with a kid who has been stabbed. That can't be right. We're not at war.'
Tragic death toll: The rising number of lives taken on the streets of London in 2018
JANUARY - 12 deaths, including one late on December 31
31 December, Kyall Parnell, 17: Stabbed to death in Lambeth
1 January, Steve Frank Narvaez-Arias, 20: Stabbed in the chest on New Year's Day at a flat party in a council estate off Old Street in Islington, north London. After moving to the UK from Ecuador, the 20-year-old was reading physics and aerospace at Hertfordshire University and hoped to become a pilot
3 January, Elizabeta Lacatusu, 44: Found bleeding to death on Norfolk Road, in Ilford, after she had her throat slashed. She worked at a restaurant in the east London town and was returning home when she was stabbed to death
6 January, Vijay Patel, 49: Mr Patel was beaten to death in Barnet
Yaya Mbye, 26, was stabbed in Hackney on January 28 (left). Right, Daniel Frederick, 34, was killed metres from his home in Hackney after attending a hospital appointment for his pregnant partner on January 8
8 January, Daniel Frederick, 34: Daniel was killed metres from his home in Hackney after attending a hospital appointment for his pregnant partner
9 January, Dami Odeyingbo, 18: Stabbed in Bromley
11 January, Harry Uzoka, 25: Harry, who was on the books of Premier Model Management and had modelled for brands including Mercedes and Zara - was stabbed in Shepherd's Bush. Neighbours reported a shout of 'hand it over' in the melee which involved several men
24 January, Seyed Azim Khan, age unknown: Died from a head injury in Redbridge
Khader Saleh, 25, (left) was stabbed in the Hammersmith and Fulham area on January 31. Right, Dami Odeyingbo, 18, was stabbed in Bromley on January 9
28 January, Yaya Mbye, 26: Stabbed in Hackney
29 January, Juan Olmos Saca, 39: Died six days after being found stabbed at an address in Peckham
31 January, Lily-Mai Saint George, one: One-year-old Lily-Mai was found dead in Haringey. The Met Police say her cause of death remains unknown
31 January, Khader Saleh, 25: The 25-year-old was stabbed in the Hammersmith and Fulham area
FEBRUARY - 14 deaths
3 February, Kwabena Nelson, 22: Ambushed in Tottenham in the early hours where he was fatally stabbed
3 February, Hasan Ozkan, 19: Stabbed to death in Abbey Road, Barking
5 February, Juan Olmos Saca: Died in hospital after being stabbed in Peckham
8 February, Hannah Leonard, 55: Fatally stabbed in Brays Tower, Primrose Hill
11 February, Sabri Chibani, 19: Stabbed in Streatham Common
12 February, Bulent Kabala, 41: The taxi driver was shot dead in a 'targeted hit' on a roundabout in Barnet
Elizabeta Lacatusu, 44, was found bleeding to death on Norfolk Road, in Ilford, after she had her throat slashed on January 3
13 February, Saeeda Hussain, 54: Found with critical injuries at an address in Ilford and pronounced dead at the scene
14 February, Promise Nkenda, 17: Fatally stabbed in Newham, east London
15 February, Mark Smith, 48: Mr Smith was found injured in Chingford, and died shortly afterwards
17 February, Lewis Blackman, 19: Lewis, who grew up on the Peckwater estate in Kentish Town, was killed in Kensington. Witnesses told how a gang of about eight youths, some armed with sticks, shouted 'let's chase him down', before he was stabbed
17 February, Josef Boci, 30: Jozef was beaten up in the street in Greenwich and died in hospital
Hannah Leonard, who was 55, was found dead on February 9 in a flat in Camden, North London
19 February, Rotimi Oshibanjo, 26: Rotimi was fatally stabbed inside a property in the Halliday Square housing estate
20 February, Sadiq Mohamed, 20: The aspiring accountant was found with serious stab wounds in Malden Road, in Belsize Park
20 February, Abdikarim Hassan, 17: Abdikarim died in the street after being attacked in Camden
20 February, name unknown, 24: Shot in Westminster
25 February, Michael Boyle, 44: Stabbed in Southwark. Mr Boyle, from Galashiels, Scotland died of multiple organ failure after being stabbed at a property in Southwark. He was found on February 25 but died on March 10
MARCH - 23 deaths
1 March, Christopher Beaumont, 42: Stabbed in Hammersmith and Fulham
5 March, Kelva Smith, 20: Found stabbed in South Norwood, Croydon and pronounced dead at the scene
5 March, Laura Cecilia Navarrete De Figueira, 47: Police launched a murder investigation after Laura Cecilia Navarrete De Figueira was found with stab wounds at her home in Twickenham. An hour earlier the body of her husband Figueira de Faria and the bodies of Claudio, 10, and Joaquin, seven, were discovered on the beach at Birling Gap, in Eastbourne, East Sussex
8 March, Kelvin Odunuyi, 19: Shot in Haringey
Balbir Johal, 48: Died after being stabbed in Southall on March 19
12 March, Julian Joseph, 36: Murdered in Lewisham, cause of death as yet unknown
13 March, Nikolay Glushkov, 68: Russian businessman was found dead in his home in New Malden. He died from compression to the neck
14 March, Lyndon Davis, 18: The youngest to have been killed in March, was found suffering from a single stab wound in Chadwell Heath, east London
14 March, Joseph Williams-Torres, 20: Killed as he sat in a stationary car in Essex Close, Walthamstow
16 March, Naomi Hersi, 36: Stabbed in Hounslow. Hersi, who lived as a trans woman called Naomi, was pronounced dead at the scene after being found with knife injuries in Hounslow
17 March, Russell Jones, 23: Ambushed outside shops near Ponders End station, in Enfield and stabbed and shot to death
18 March, Tyrone Silcott, 42: The father-of-two died from knife wounds after a St Patrick's Day party. It is alleged the car mechanic got into a row over two girls at a party in Homerton and was attacked
19 March, Balbir Johal, 48: Died after being stabbed in Southall
Hersi Hersi (left), who lived as a trans woman called Naomi, was pronounced dead at the scene after being found with knife injuries at Heathrow Palace in Hounslow. Russell Jones, 23, became the eighth person in a week to be killed in London when he was ambushed outside shops near Ponders End station, Enfield Read
19 March, Jermaine Johnson, 41: Found with stab injuries and pronounced dead at the scene in Walthamstow
20 March, Beniamin Pieknyi, 20: Believed to have jumped in to the fight in a bid to save his friend during the altercation at the Stratford Centre in east London. The 20-year-old, who only arrived in Britain two months ago from Romania, died in his best friend's arms after being chased and stabbed by a gang in the busy shopping centre
25 March, Abraham Badru, 26: Gunned down in Hackney. The university graduate, who was murdered in Dalston, east London, was awarded the National Police Bravery Award in July 2009
25 March, awaiting formal ID, 59: Person found dead in Barking & Dagenham
26 March, David Potter, 50: Found stabbed to death in a property on Tooting High Street
29 March, Reece Tshoma, 23: Reece, from Barking in east London, was stabbed in the neck in Greenwich before being rushed to hospital by his friend where he died
30 March, Leyla Mtumwa, 36: Leyla was found dead with stab wounds to the neck and chest at an address in Haringey
Amaan Shakoor, 16, was shot in the face in Walthamstow and died a day later in hospital
APRIL - At least 11 deaths
1 April, Devoy Stapleton: Stabbed at as he made his way home from a night out in Wandsworth. Police found him in a pool of his own blood after being called to the middle-class suburb of Earlsfield, south west London
2 April, Tanesha Melbourne, 17: Tanesha was gunned down near her home in Tottenham, north London in front of horrified friends and family. It is thought she was caught in the crossfire of a ruthless gang war
2 April, Amaan Shakoor, 16: The teenager was shot in the face in Walthamstow, north London, and police have now confirmed he died from his injuries in hospital
4 April, Henry Vincent, 37: Burglary who died from stab wound after raiding pensioner's house
4 April, Babatunde Akintayo Awofeso dies after row on Upper Clapton Road, east London.
Israel Ogunsola, 18, died in Hackney after being stabbed on April 4
4 April, Israel Ogunsola, 18, dies in Hackney after being stabbed. The victim approached police who performed first aid but he died at the scene after 25 minutes.
12 April, John Maclean, 35, stabbed at a flat in the Isle of Dogs. A 25-year-old has been charged with his murder.
15 April, Raul Nicolaie, 26: Found at with stab injuries in Colindale, north London. A 34- year-old woman was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder
15 April, an unnamed woman in her 30s was stabbed to death in Sudbourne Road, Brixton, south London. A man in his 20s has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
16 April - Sami Sidhom, 18, is stabbed to death in the street in Forest Gate.
21 April - Man, 20, named locally as Kwesi, was stabbed to death about a hundred yards from Jeremy Corbyn’s home in North London
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