Littlegreenlady
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This is up the road (well sort of) from where I live. I know several people who went to school with him. It's a horrible crime, the whole area is shocked by it.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/25/west-midlands-man-stabbed-after-night-out-died-in-his-parents-arms
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2017/06/27/james-brindley-police-hunt-two-men-over-aldridge-stab-murder/
They are looking for 4 cars (photos on the links above) which were seen on CCTV around the time he was stabbed, in the hope that maybe they saw something as they drove past. They also are searching for 2 men who were seen around the area on food at the time.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/25/west-midlands-man-stabbed-after-night-out-died-in-his-parents-arms
A man who was stabbed through the heart while walking home from a night out died in his parents arms, detectives have said.
West Midlands police said officers investigating the death of James Brindley in Aldridge, near Walsall, are appealing for the occupants of four cars, who passed the scene, to come forward. Brindley was attacked in the high street shortly before midnight on Friday.
Officers have yet to find a murder weapon. Giving an update on the inquirys progress, DI Jim Munro confirmed that the 26-year-old died at the scene in his parents arms after they had rushed to his side.
Munro said: We know that four vehicles were travelling along Little Aston Road towards Aldridge town centre at the time we believe James was stabbed and we are very keen to speak to the occupants of those cars, two light in colour and the other two darker, as they may have seen what happened and could lead us to the killer.
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2017/06/27/james-brindley-police-hunt-two-men-over-aldridge-stab-murder/
The link above has a map to help understand the area. What I found scary was that the area of road where there is no CCTV is quite small. He was seen walking along the road on one camera and then when he was picked up by the second one, he was already stabbed. Did the attackers know this?The 26-year-old was seen having a disagreement with two men who are then thought to have run off through The Croft park at around the time of the fatal attack, police revealed today.
The young man from Aldridge died in his parents' arms on the village's High Street on Friday, after he was stabbed through the heart following a night out with friends.
The attack, described as 'callous' and brutal' by detectives, is believed to have happened out of view of CCTV in the Little Aston Road area shortly before midnight.
Read more at https://www.expressandstar.com/news...ver-aldridge-stab-murder/#ZFgvxLfHXeSPOuH4.99
They are looking for 4 cars (photos on the links above) which were seen on CCTV around the time he was stabbed, in the hope that maybe they saw something as they drove past. They also are searching for 2 men who were seen around the area on food at the time.
I've read other articles about this as well - the 4 lads found him, and called his family and girlfriend after they had phoned an ambulance. The bit about him dying in his parents arms had me sobbing. It's just horrible and it's in an area where this kind of thing rarely happens. Not that it makes it any better or worse sorry, I just meant that it's a quiet area .The attack lasted just seconds and four 16-year-old lads just leaving their school prom were the first to assist James by calling emergency services and providing immediate first aid.
They were also able to get in touch with Jamess parents.