UK - Alexander Cashford, 49, Three juveniles charged with murder; Leysdown-on-Sea

[MrsWatson]

Children charged with murder as Alexander Cashford dies in Kent

Alexander Cashford, 49, was pronounced dead at the scene in Leysdown-on-Sea in Kent, police said.

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[MrsWatson]

Three children charged with murder after death of man on Isle of Sheppey

Girl, 16, and two boys, 14 and 15, detained after disturbance in Leysdown-on-Sea in which Alexander Cashford died

www.theguardian.com

A girl, 16, and two boys, aged 14 and 15, have been remanded in custody to appear at Medway magistrates court on Wednesday, Kent police said.

 

[MrsWatson]

Pictured: Man 'beaten to death with concrete slab'

Alexander Cashford, 49, was found dead with multiple serious injuries in Leysdown-on-Sea on Sunday.

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A group of holidaymakers allege the man was hit in the head with a large concrete slab before a local tried to save his life.

 

[CatsnChickens]

Aparently a 12 year old girl is still being questioned as well.

I depair what is happening to children to make them so violent.

 

[BaronessWombat]

This is very unusual IMO. I've heard of teenagers killing teenagers, but not a bunch of them killing what appears to be a healthy middle aged adult, in public, in this way. How the children knew him might answer a few questions.

Apparently he was an electrician. Teenagers in Court Charged with Murder of Electrician Alexander Cashman on Leysdown Beach | UKNIP | UK News in Pictures

 

[MrsWatson]

Oh dear.

Man 'beaten to death by teens on beach' was a convicted stalker

EXCLUSIVE: Alexander Cashford, 49, was found dead with multiple serious injuries in Leysdown-on-Sea in Kent on Sunday.

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[Bluebear15]

Whilst he clearly wasn't a nice man, none of his convictions excuse what happened.
They were apparently from London, and he from Kent, so it's likely they didn't know him.
Jmo

 

[BaronessWombat]

Whilst he clearly wasn't a nice man, none of his convictions excuse what happened.
They were apparently from London, and he from Kent, so it's likely they didn't know him.
Jmo

There are lots of caravan and chalet parks in that area. They might have all been staying/own on the same site and "knew" him that way, even if it was just for a week. I doubt it was a completely random attack/mugging that went wrong. JMO.

 

[BaronessWombat]

Inquest opened and then suspended.

Inquest opens into death of beach murder probe victim

An inquest has opened into the death of a 49-year-old man near a seaside resort which has seen three teenagers charged on suspicion of murder.

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"Prosecutor Craig Evans added that although post-mortem examinations continue, Mr Cashford may have died as the result of “a medical episode such as a cardiac arrest which could have been brought on by being chased and attacked”."