A man who was among four pedestrians hit by a car on Christmas Day in London’s West End has died in hospital and been named as Aidan Chapman, the Metropolitan police have said.
Chapman, 25, was seriously injured in the incident on Shaftesbury Avenue and died on New Year’s Eve.
Police said they were treating the death as homicide and an “isolated incident which is not terror-related”, and that a postmortem examination would take place in due course.
Chapman was one of four pedestrians who were hit after a Mercedes-Benz E-Class car drove on the wrong side of Shaftesbury Avenue in London’s theatre district.
Chapman’s parents said: “The loss of our beautiful son is a parent’s worst nightmare, we are utterly devastated with the loss of Aidan, he enriched everyone’s lives.
“He was a loving, kind, funny soul and the world is a darker place without him. We, his parents, have lost the best part of ourselves.”
Anthony Gilheaney, 30, of Harlow in Essex, appeared in court last week charged with four counts of attempted murder and a number of offences in relation to the crash, including causing serious injury by driving while disqualified and possessing a knife in a public place. He is due to appear at the Old Bailey on 24 January.
The charges would be reviewed after Chapman’s death, the Met said.
Source: theguardian.com
