A 25-year-old man named Aidan Chapman died from injuries sustained in a car crash on Shaftesbury Avenue in London on Christmas Day. The driver, Anthony Gilheaney, 30, has been charged with serious offenses. Police are treating the case as a homicide.
A 25-year-old man injured on Shaftesbury Avenue after a car hit a group of pedestrians on Christmas Day has died, police say. The man has been named as Aidan Chapman, who died from his injuries in hospital on New Year’s Eve. Officers were called to London 's West End at 12.45am on Wednesday after reports of a collision and a car driving on the wrong side of the road on Shaftesbury Avenue.
Emergency services arrived to find four people injured at the scene - one seriously, with the victims treated in hospital.Anthony Gilheaney, 30, has been charged with causing serious injury by driving whilst disqualified, driving a motor vehicle dangerously and possession of a bladed article in a public place in connection with the incident.Following Mr Chapman's death, the Met said the court would now review the charges against Gilheaney. Police say Mr Chapman's family are now being supported by specialist officers, with a post-mortem examination will take place in due course.Paying tribute to their 'beautiful' son, Aiden's parents said the incident was 'a parent's worst nightmare'.“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,' they said in a statement.'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.”The Met’s Specialist Crime Command is now leading the investigation and Aidan's death, with police treating the case as a homicide.Read more: Woman arrested for meltdown at Nashville airport revealed to be award-winning Scottish comedianRead more: Shocking moment passenger throws drink at flight attendant after not being served alcohol Detective Chief Inspector Wayne Jolley, from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command, said: “Our thoughts are with the victim’s friends and family at this difficult tim
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