Cold case detectives consider a baseball bat assault close to to the location of an unsolved homicide might maintain the reply to the 1984 crime.
Anthony Littler, 45, was discovered with “catastrophic” head accidents close to East Finchley Tube station, in north London, somewhat after midnight on 1 May 1984.
The “kind and gentle” civil servant, who was single and lived near the station, was in an alleyway often known as The Causeway.
Despite intensive inquiries on the time and additional investigations in 1993 and 2013, his homicide was by no means solved.
Metropolitan Police officers, who’ve carried out a routine re-examination, consider a critical assault in the identical space three days earlier than might be linked to the homicide.
Detective Chief Inspector Neil John stated Mr Littler “came through East Finchley Tube station and made his way home on foot through an alleyway.
“Sadly, inside a couple of minutes of him leaving the station, a 999 name was made to emergency providers requesting an ambulance and police.
“Upon arrival, the police found Mr Littler’s lifeless body with catastrophic injuries to his head.”
Two days earlier, a person with “quite serious injuries to his head and face” got here into an off-licence close to the station, complaining that he had been attacked by two males with baseball bats, Mr John stated.
The man, who was “described as 6ft tall, medium build, with short brown hair”, advised the shopkeeper he had been assaulted the night earlier than, on 28 April.
Detectives are additionally concerned with discovering the person who made an nameless name from a telephone field to report the assault on Mr Littler to police.
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Mr Littler’s cousin, Tricia McClure, stated: “Anthony was a lovely, kind and gentle man who wouldn’t have hurt anyone. It is heartbreaking to our family that this happened to him.
“After all this time, we hope this new investigation places these accountable behind bars. It will not carry Anthony again, however it is going to give us some closure.”
Source: information.sky.com”