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Police call for witnesses at Leeds Motörhead show
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 29 November 2010
Yorkshire police are trying to work out if an incident at a Motörhead gig in Leeds last week was linked to a murder that took place in the city later the same night.
It is known that Andrew Crawford, a builder who was beaten to death in Leeds on Thursday night, had earlier that evening been to the Motörhead show and that, while there, one of his friend’s hair was set alight by another gig goer. It is not clear if the hair burning was deliberate or accidental, but police are appealing for witnesses to that incident in case it is linked to Crawford’s subsequent murder. They are already looking at CCTV footage and talking to security at the city’s O2 Academy.
A police spokesman told the Yorkshire Post: “There will have been around 2000 people in the O2 Academy and someone must have seen Mr Crawford’s friend’s hair being set alight. If you can help identify this person, please get in touch”.
It is thought two men attacked Crawford, aged 44, after the Motörhead show. He suffered severe head injuries in the attack and died later at Leeds General Infirmary.
