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Investigation re-opened after cab driver’s assault death
THE DEATH of a Bedford taxi driver at the weekend has been referred to the Beds and Herts Major Crime Unit after a post mortem was unable to confirm the cause of death.
Further tests will now be carried out to establish why the 61-year-old man died and an investigation into an assault on the victim earlier that week has been re-opened.
The original assault occurred in the early hours of Sunday 22 January 2012 at the AGS Taxi rank in St Peters Street, Bedford. The victim had been treated at hospital for his injuries and was discharged the same day. He was re-admitted to Bedford South Wing Hospital five days later and died in hospital in the early hours of Sunday 29 January 2012.
DCI Sean O’Neil, who is now leading the investigation said: “A thorough investigation into the original assault was carried out and a man was arrested and charged with ABH before the victim died. Now that circumstances have changed it is only right that we establish the exact cause of this man’s death and relook at the events that preceded it. I would like to reassure the family, friends and colleagues of the deceased that we are doing everything possible to establish exactly what happened.”
A 26-year-old Bedford man who is charged with ABH has been remanded in custody.
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