Overview
- Patrolling officers found paramedics performing CPR on a man on Newchurch Road at about 12:35am on November 1, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
- A 26-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman, both from Bacup, were arrested on suspicion of murder and remain in custody for questioning.
- The scene cordon between Clough Street and Olive Street was lifted later on Saturday, with a heightened police presence continuing for public reassurance.
- Lancashire Constabulary’s Force Major Investigation Team is conducting enquiries and urging witnesses or anyone with dashcam or doorbell footage from midnight to 12:35am to come forward.
- Detectives also want to hear from anyone who was at the Rosemount Working Men’s Club on October 31, as friends and local groups post tributes remembering Harden.