Updated: 5 May 2021, 8:35
A GOOD Samaritan in his 30s has been stabbed to death after trying to help another man.
The victim was attacked in Laindon, Essex, at 9.30pm on Sunday and three boys and two girls, aged between 13 and 16, have been arrested.
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Essex Police said the man was going to the aid of another victim in LaindonCredit: UkNewsinPictures
Cops have said the victim was killed “going to the aid of another man” leaving a “family broken apart”.
He was found with stab wounds and died at the scene despite the efforts by paramedics.
Detective Chief Superintendent Steve Jennings, of the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, said: “Our enquiries have led us to believe the victim was going to the aid of another man.
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A father-of-four was stabbed to death after he spent the day celebrating his two-year-old twin daughters’ birthday, leaving his family “absolutely broken beyond belief at this pointless loss”.
Essex Police said that 34-year-old James Gibbons died soon after he was attacked in the street where he lived in Laindon at about 9.30pm on Sunday.
The self-employed plumber is believed to have gone to the aid of another man, then died in an altercation that ensued with a group of young people, the force said.
Five teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murder, and two have since been bailed, one until May 25 and the other until May 28.
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By Press Association 2021
James Gibbons
A father-of-four was stabbed to death after he spent the day celebrating his two-year-old twin daughters’ birthday, leaving his family “absolutely broken beyond belief at this pointless loss”.
Essex Police said that 34-year-old James Gibbons died soon after he was attacked in the street where he lived in Laindon at about 9.30pm on Sunday.
The self-employed plumber is believed to have gone to the aid of another man, then died in an altercation that ensued with a group of young people, the force said.
Five teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murder, and two have since been bailed, one until May 25 and the other until May 28.