UK - Simon Dobbin ‘assaulted in Southend Essex after watching a match’ 21 March 2015 ‘Arrests’

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A couple of background articles

Simon Dobbin: Cambridge Utd fan's death linked to Southend attack

Simon Dobbin was brain damaged after being attacked following a match and died five years later.

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Simon Dobbin: Reward offered as police treat death as murder

Simon Dobbin, from Mildenhall, died five years after attack that left him brain-damaged.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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Today’s news
Detectives investigating the death of Simon Dobbin have this morning arrested five men on suspicion of his murder.

Simon was left with permanent brain damage after being assaulted in Station Approach, #Southend following a Southend United vs Cambridge United match on 21 March 2015.

Sadly, at the age of 48, Simon died on October 21 2020.

Medical tests showed there was a direct link between his death and the injuries he had sustained.

As a result of those conclusions, we began treating his death as a homicide.

As part of a co-ordinated operation, five men aged 30, 34, 39, 45 and 27 have been arrested this morning at addresses across south Essex.

They are in custody and will be questioned on suspicion of murder.

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