A 23-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested by Leicestershire Police on suspicion of murder after a woman died.
The woman in her 50s was allegedly assaulted after a road traffic collision – and has since sadly died.
On June 24 just after 5:30pm, Leicestershire Police were called to a road traffic accident after a vehicle overturned.
The driver was seen leaving the vehicle before assaulting a woman near Leicester Royal Infirmary.
She was left with life threatening injuries, and later died on June 26.
He was detained at the scene and arrested by police.
The original charges were: suspicion of attempted murder, possession with intent to supply class B drugs, assault of an emergency worker, dangerous driving, driving while unfit through drugs and failing to provide a specimen.
He has since been arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody.
Police have asked anyone with information, or with dash cam footage of the vehicle or subsequent assault, to come forward.
Detective Inspector Emma Matts, from East Midlands Special Operations Unit Murder Investigation team said: “This woman was sadly subjected to a serious assault and was taken to hospital with life threatening injuries. Her family and close friends have remained at her bedside and tragically she died this afternoon.
“Since the incident, a dedicated team of detectives have worked tirelessly pursuing all lines of enquiry to establish the full circumstances around what happened. Those enquiries will very much continue as we now move the incident to a murder investigation.
“I would like to thank those members of the public who have contacted with information about what they saw but I would also still like to appeal to anyone who saw anything connected to this incident or filmed any footage – whether that was of the vehicle being driven beforehand through the city centre, the collision itself or the assault – and hasn’t spoken to officers to please get in touch.”
“Again, if you were driving a vehicle which has a dash cam, please check your vehicle to see if it has captured anything of use to the investigation.
“What you know could still be a crucial piece of information so please do not hesitate to pass that on.”
