Man hit by car on Christmas Day in London’s West End dies in hospital
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Police say they are treating Aidan Chapman’s death as homicide and will review charges over incident. One of the four pedestrians hit by a car on Christmas Day in London’s West End has died in hospital, the Metropolitan police have said. Aidan Chapman, 25, was seriously injured in the incident on Shaftesbury Avenue and died on New Year’s Eve.
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Police said they were treating the death as homicide and a postmortem examination would take place in due course. In a tribute, 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 driving offences in relation to the crash. He is due to appear at the Old Bailey on 24 January.
