September 2nd 2024.
Reece Newcombe, a 31-year-old man, tragically lost his life after being stabbed with broken glass during a fight on Richmond Bridge in London. The court heard that his alleged attacker, Ross Hamilton, had been acting aggressively and threatening others with karate kicks on a dancefloor earlier that night.
According to the prosecutor, Hamilton had been "spoiling for a fight" and had armed himself with a piece of glass before stabbing Newcombe in the neck. The incident took place in the early hours of November 26, 2022, after police were called to reports of a fight on the bridge.
The court was informed that the altercation was fueled by "intoxicated aggression" and that Hamilton's decision to arm himself had "changed everything." Prior to the fight, Newcombe had been watching a World Cup game in a fanzone and had later gone to a nightclub in Richmond where he had been enjoying himself and had become intoxicated.
The prosecutor stated that the alleged attacker, described as a bald man, had also been in the club and had been acting aggressively and unpredictably. He had been goading people by doing karate kicks on the dance floor and behaving aggressively towards them. This behavior continued even after the club closed and people spilled outside.
The prosecutor further explained that the bald man had started confronting people and goading them to fight him down an alleyway, even threatening to "ju-jitsu the f*** out of them." This showed that he was "spoiling for a fight."
Tragically, shortly before 4am, Newcombe made the decision to engage with the man who had already armed himself with a piece of broken glass. His friends rushed to help him after he was stabbed in the neck. The bald man, who was later identified as Hamilton, turned himself in to the police.
The prosecutor expressed the sad truth that this fight did not need to happen. It was an event fueled by intoxicated aggression, and it was not a case of self-defense. Rather, it was a situation where two individuals were willing to fight, and one of them had armed himself with a deadly weapon.
Hamilton, a 34-year-old man from Isleworth, west London, denies the charges of murder, assault by beating, and possessing an offensive weapon. The trial continues at the Old Bailey.
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