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A detailed investigation by Met detectives has resulted in the slay conviction of a man who concealed a damaged part of glass ahead of a combat with a man he fatally stabbed.
Ross Hamilton, 34 (23.08.90), of Wooden Lane, Isleworth appeared for trial at the Passe Bailey.
On Friday, 20 September, a unanimous jury chanced on him responsible of the slay of 31-year-outdated-fashioned Reece Newcombe on Ormond Road near Richmond Bridge in November 2022 and the assault of another partygoer outside the membership.
He’s remanded in custody to appear at the same court for sentencing on Friday, 11 October.
During the early hours of 26 November 2022, Hamilton was in an aggressive and agitated state outside Viva nightclub at an ‘after party’ following the World Cup match between England and the United States. Hamilton’s behaviour resulted in him assaulting another man outside the membership. He remained there for another 30 minutes aggressively taunting safety staff and others waiting for taxis outside the venue.
Ultimately, Reece intervened and he and Hamilton purchased into a combat. During this temporary altercation between the two near Richmond Bridge, Hamilton outdated-fashioned a damaged part of glass and stabbed Reece in the neck, ahead of leaving the scene in a vehicle.
Onlookers rushed to Reece’s aid. An off accountability police officer, who was passing by, followed Hamilton and was able to relate the vehicle and path of travel it left the scene in.
Officers hastily arrived and started administering emergency CPR till the arrival of paramedics and London’s Air Ambulance. Reece was taken to hospital, but despite in depth efforts to save him, he was sadly pronounced dead some hours later.
Murder detectives immediately launched an investigation, securing CCTV and interviewing varied witnesses who had been in the vicinity of the incident. It was the World Cup and a nearby ‘Fanzone’ had been showing the match between the United States and England. Reece and Hamilton had attended the occasion ahead of both headed to Viva nightclub although they had now no longer interacted during the occasion.
Scrutinize accounts and CCTV footage known that Hamilton had spent remarkable of his night being aggressive and unpredictable to a number of unconnected individuals, ahead of his fateful interaction with Reece after they had left the nightclub.
Hamilton attended Acton police station two days later and handed himself in knowing that he was the topic of an in depth police manhunt. He was charged with Reece’s slay during the early hours of 30 November 2022.
Detective Inspector Kevin Martin, from Specialist Crime South, said: “Today is about Reece and his family. My ideas remain with them following this really senseless tragedy, but particularly so in gentle of this result. Nothing will bring Reece back to them, but they have at least viewed his killer held to account for his cowardly attack. They have remained resolute despite the nearly two years since Reece was murdered.
“Reece was simply out having a legal night with pals. He was a remarkable cherished son, brother, partner and friend to many. He had now no longer too long ago turn into a father and had so remarkable to gape forward to.
“Hamilton was a stranger to him, but his senseless violence took Reece’s life. It’s clear that Hamilton was “spoiling for a combat” that night, attempting to square up to a number of individuals in the race up to the slay. Choosing to conceal a damaged part of glass is an indication of the stage of pre-meditation in his actions. Striking Reece in the neck meant he stood no chance of defending himself and Hamilton would have known that aiming without delay for that area was probably to have catastrophic penalties.”
A spokesperson for Reece Newcombe’s family said: “Nearly two years have passed since we lost our beautiful Reece .
“Reece in life was the shining gentle at the centre of our loving family. That gentle was brutally snubbed out by the murderous moronic actions of Ross Hamilton, a callous bully on 26 November 2022.
“Many serious incidents involving Hamilton were recorded on CCTV as he bullied his way during the night.
“This resulted in him arming himself with a lethal weapon moments ahead of deliberately striking our beloved Reece in the neck with a damaged bottle .
“This culminated in the death of a 31-year-outdated-fashioned loving father of two baby girls in the early hours of that fateful dreadful morning.
“Reece was only able to score pleasure from being a father to his baby daughter for five months. His second daughter whom he would by no means score to gape was born the following summer time of 2023 .
“The outpouring of effort after Reece’s passing was remarkable, this confirmed the admire individuals held for him. Four thousand individuals walked behind family individuals to lay wreaths at the blueprint the place he was brutally murdered a week ahead of.
“There’s by no means a second that goes by with out us thinking of the beautiful soul that was our Reece.
“We, his family, are compelled to navigate this merciless existence with out him as we walk forward in life totally heartbroken.
“We are eternally grateful to the brave witnesses who came to court, to the police and the family liaison officers, also to the jury who weren’t intimidated or deceived by Hamilton as he lied his way by way of his testimony.
“As a family, quiet deeply in mourning, our want going forward is that he now faces the rotund weight of the law in its entirety.
“The general public, including the girls folk he has previously attacked, will sleep higher at night in the data that he’ll no longer be at liberty to harm, maim or slay anybody else after his day of judgment .
“We are able to admire you for eternity our beloved beautiful Reece.”
