Murder probe as man is 'stabbed'
RESIDENTS have spoken of their shock after a murder probe was launched in Felling.
Emergency services were called to Elliott Drive in Felling, Gateshead, at around 9.10pm on Saturday night.
Police say a 40-year-old man was found inside a home with what officers have described as “injuries consistent with having been caused by a bladed article.”
He was pronounced dead soon after and a murder investigation has been launched.
Locals said police taped off a large area of Elliott Drive and officers have been at the scene all day. Shocked neighbours watched on as forensic investigators wearing white overalls walked into a home behind the cordon.
Uniformed police officers were also knocking on doors near the property and plain-clothes detectives later arrived at the scene.
People living nearby told the Journal that they had heard a man had been murdered.
One woman, who asked not to be named said: “It’s been taped off like that all through the night. The police knocked on my door to ask if I had seen or heard anything. The police were all over. They cordoned everywhere off then the forensics were there. You don’t think it would happen so close to your house. It’s such a shame.”
And another woman, who also didn’t not want to be identified, said: “I was coming home from the bar and the police asked us where I was going. I was ready to move out this morning.”
Andrew Duffie, whose home backs onto the scene of the investigation, said police had taken footage from his home CCTV camera.
The 87-year-old explained: “They have been and they have taken 15 hours of footage from my cameras. They wouldn’t tell us what happened. I asked them but they said they couldn’t say anything. I take it it’s serious. It looks that way.
“I never seen anything last night. I just got woke up at about 12am by them banging on the door. I’m not shocked. I have been here more than 40 years. There’s been things happening over the years.”
Police were also at Holly Hill garage, which is close to Elliott Drive, and a cordon was in place at its entrance.
Anyone with information should call Northumbria Police on 101, quoting reference NP-202404271086.