Overview

• Blue Stevens, a 24-year-old father, was stabbed to death on July 9 outside the Park Tower Hotel and Casino on Seville Street, London
• Police, the London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance responded within minutes, but Stevens was pronounced dead at the scene and no arrests have been made
• A forensic cordon and tent remain in place as detectives pursue multiple leads, including a potential watch robbery, with officers from the Specialist Crime Command working at pace
• Stevens’s next of kin have been notified and are being supported by specialist officers as tributes flood in from family and the local community
• The fatal attack underscores a wider surge in knife violence crossing into London’s wealthiest districts and has intensified calls for enhanced town-centre policing