I want my family, cried knifed father
Stabbed seven times, victim’s last desperate plea as he bled to death on exclusive street
A MAN of 42 cried out for his family as he lay dying on one of London’s wealthiest streets after being stabbed seven times.
The victim staggered 100 yards after being knifed before collapsing on a road known as ‘millionaires’ row’.
Witnesses said he gasped for breath as passers-by tried to give first aid, applying pressure on his wounds to try to stem the bleeding.
But he died at the scene after the attack at about 10.20pm on Wednesday night.
Residents in Cathcart Road, Kensington, yesterday spoke of their shock that such a violent incident could take place in such an exclusive postcode.
Multi-storey terraced houses sell for up to £5million on the street, where actor Hugh Grant owns a home. He bought the property for more than £2million in 2000.
Other wealthy neighbours include former Chelsea footballer Frank Lampard, who owns a home in a nearby road, and Casualty actress Mika Simmons.
Yesterday she tweeted: ‘A young black man has just been stabbed to death out- side my flat on Cathcart Road, in Chelsea.’ Neighbours who rushed to give aid said they tried talking to the victim, who was wearing a dark blue sweatshirt, to keep him conscious.
He told them his name, that he was a father of three and that he wanted his family. A picture of him lying on the floor appears to show him wearing a wedding ring.
He has not officially been identified. Yesterday a university student, who lives nearby and was the first to come across the victim, said she believed the man was stabbed nearby before staggering into Cathcart Road.
She told the Daily Mail: ‘I was walking along the road to get a bus and he walked around the corner from behind and there was blood dripping from him everywhere and he was saying “I’ve been stabbed”.
‘I called 999 after he laid down on the floor. He was lying on his back in the road. Lots of people came from everywhere and were trying to help him, putting pressure on his wounds.
‘While he was lying there we were talking to him to try and keep him conscious, and he was telling us his name and saying that he had a family, he was a father of three and that he wanted his family.
‘We were trying to keep him conscious and awake but he died there after the ambulance came. You could see he wasn’t going to make it. There was blood everywhere.’ Another resident who helped the man said: ‘He had been stabbed about seven times.
‘We ran to him and he was on the floor and lots of us were helping him, trying to stop the bleeding. We were telling [him] to stay there and wait until the ambulance comes. He was saying his name and was talking about his family.’
Detectives are appealing for witnesses after the attackers fled, with a black car left in the middle of the street with its doors open. Tyre marks could also be seen on the road. One resident, Victor Gambe, 54, said: ‘This used to be a quiet road, but in recent years more and more young people are hanging out on the estate, smoking, and a lot of them are not local, they come from other places.’ The latest killing in London’s knife crime epidemic means there have now been more than 70 suspected murders in London so far this year. In April it was revealed London’s murder rate had even overtaken New York’s. A Met Police spokesman said: ‘Police were called at 10.21pm to reports of a stabbing on Cathcart Road. Despite the best efforts of the medical teams, he died at the scene shortly after 11pm.’
‘There was blood everywhere’