London: Black gang stabs white football fan to death

A father threw himself on top of his son in a desperate bid to shield him from a knife-wielding black gang who stabbed him to death in the street. Luke Fitzpatrick, 25, was murdered after a group of black men armed with bats and knives dragged him out of a north London pub. Friends and relatives of the roofer told how his father, Bernard, was stabbed several times while trying to protect him from his black attackers. Fitzpatrick’s attackers were described as acting like a pack of wolves by storming into the the pub near his home in Dollis Hill. Three people were arrested, including two 17-year-old men who are being questioned in custody. The victim’s best friend, Ricci Whiteside, 25, who was with him all evening said: “There was an argument in the shop opposite the pub at half-time. Luke wasn’t anything to do with it, but we all heard that something had gone on. A group of black guys arrived at the door of the pub with bats and knives and they were looking for someone who had been outside the shop earlier. People were throwing chairs at the door to try and stop them from coming in. There was a lot of confusion. They got Luke and dragged him outside. They were pulling him up the road. His dad was running after them. But by the time he got to Luke he was already on the floor. Bernie threw himself on top of Luke. He was trying to protect him, but it was too late.” Tess Fitzpatrick, Bernard Fitzpatrick’s sister, said: “The men who came for Luke were like a pack of wolves. My brother ran after them as they were dragging Luke up the street. He covered him with his body, but they had already stabbed Luke all over.”