Youth arrested in double murder probe after death of man and teenager in Ipswich

Armed police are guarding a travellers' website the place two males had been stabbed to dying in a suspected feud.

Father-of-three Barry Avenue, 32, and Nathan Oakley, 18, had been knife on Thursday afternoon on the West Meadows website in Ipswich, Suffolk, the place they each lived.

A 17-year-old who was arrested on suspicion of homicide was nonetheless in custody and being quizzed by detectives.

Mr Avenue was killed simply two weeks after he proudly posed for with former world heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury.

The victims of a double stabbing have been recognized - with one of many males, Barry Avenue, 32, showing in a photograph with boxer Tyson Fury

The image which he posted as his Fb profile was taken at a £100-a-head dinner in Gorleston close to Nice Yarmouth, Norfolk, the place Fury was visitor of honour.

Mr Avenue was jailed for 14 years at Ipswich Crown Court docket in 2006 for main a gang which stole £500,000 in a string of ram raids and armed robberies throughout East Anglia.

Police confirmed that they had been referred to as to stories of a person aged in his 30s being stabbed on the West Meadows website at round 1.15pm on Thursday.

Mr Avenue was discovered bleeding with critical wounds on the entrance to the council-run website beside the A14 slip street at Whitehouse in north Ipswich.

Officers had been referred to as to stories of two stabbings inside 15 minutes of one another, with the victims recognized as Nathan Oakley, 18

He was taken by ambulance to Ipswich Hospital round 4 miles away, however later died from his wounds.

Mr Oakley was taken to the identical hospital in a automotive which was believed to have been pushed by his cousin.

Hospital workers referred to as police at round 1.30pm to say that he had arrived with critical stab wounds.

Witnesses mentioned that Mr Oakley's cousin parked on a forecourt outdoors the primary hospital constructing and ran inside to report that he had a person in his automotive who was critically harm.

Docs are mentioned to have instantly rushed outdoors and began treating him on the pavement, however they had been unable to save lots of him.

The 17-year-old from Ipswich was arrested within the space of Paper MIll Lane, Bramford, lower than a mile from the travellers' website at about 1.30pm on Thursday.

Suffolk Police had been  granted consent to carry the youth for an extra 12 hours.

Grieving household and buddies took to social media to pay tribute to Mr Avenue and Mr Oakley.

Officers had been referred to as to stories of two stabbings inside 15 minutes of one another on Thursday afternoon

Pals remembered Mr Oakley for his humour, loyalty and good nature.

One entry on Fb mentioned: 'R.i.p to one of many niceset boys I ever met in my life you was very cheeky however innocent God love you actually and really cannot consider your gone do not appear actual fly excessive nathan by no means be forgotten your going to be missed very a lot' [sic].

One other pal wrote: 'R.i.p Nathan, not gonna really feel the identical not seeing you on an evening out, gonna miss you, you had been and are so beautiful and so humorous too! Seeing that is laborious to consider I solely noticed you a few month in the past.'

A pal of Mr Avenue wrote: 'Cannot consider what occurred yesterday my greatest outdated mate Barry Avenue was murdered alongside aspect an 18 yr outdated boy what a pointless waste of life?

'I might wish to say Barry road was a gentleman and will probably be sadly missed my ideas and love go to all households concerned in yesterday's occasions RIP boys..'

One other wrote: 'A revered lad I met some time again. Ideas are together with his household.' A pal added: 'Surprising one other two good males gone this yr please god let that be the tip.'

A Suffolk Police assertion mentioned: 'Detectives investigating a double homicide in Ipswich are renewing appeals for witnesses to come back ahead, as they've been granted additional time to query a suspect in reference to the incident.

Each of these injured - a person in his 30s and a boy in his late teenagers - died a short while after arriving at Ipswich Hospital

'Police had been referred to as at simply after 1.15pm yesterday, Thursday eight December, to stories man aged in his thirties had been stabbed at West Meadows and had collapsed outdoors the doorway to the location.

'Officers had been instantly despatched to start investigating and the person was taken to hospital in an ambulance.

'An additional name was then acquired at simply after 1.30pm reporting that one other man - aged in his late teenagers - had been dropped at Ipswich Hospital in a automotive having sustained suspected stab wounds.

'Each males, who're from Ipswich, had been taken for remedy however died in hospital a short while later. Dwelling Workplace autopsy examinations of each victims are attributable to happen tomorrow and they're but to be formally recognized.

'Shortly after 1.30pm yesterday, police conducting enquiries at West Meadows detained a teenage boy within the neighborhood of Paper Mill Lane in Bramford in reference to this incident.

'The boy, who's aged 17 and from Ipswich, was arrested on suspicion of homicide and brought into police custody. Detectives have this afternoon, Friday 9 December, been granted an extra 12 hours to query him.

'Officers are notably eager to listen to from anybody who could have pushed previous the doorway of the location throughout this time and who've dash-cams fitted of their automobiles.'

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