Gay man murdered - police appeal to Soho customers

Go to: Forums > News & Current Affairs: Gay

There are 3 postings to this topic on our Member website and this page runs 7 days behind our Member website. For the full topic click to sign up to OUTeverywhere.

Topic started by Boudie - Spiritual Warrior (saratiddy)

People don't believe me that I am shy face-2-face, despite being a right cheeky monkey on some Forums. Orginally from the West Country, but transplanted to Reading in early 90s. Joined OUT for both Gay Male & Female friends, to break the feelings of isolation after the breakup of a long term relationship.

A topic from News & Current Affairs: Gay

saratiddyMon 24/11/08 17:31

Gay man murdered - police appeal to Soho bar customers for information

A 28 year old man found dead in his flat in south east London may have been the victim of a homophobic attack.

Detectives are particularly keen to hear from anyone who saw David Cooper on Tuesday night through to the early hours of Wednesday morning.

They are keeping an open mind about the reasons for his death and said he could have been killed because he was gay.

Police were called on Wednesday afternoon after two of men reported that they had discovered a body at the address of a friend in Sir Martin Bowes House, Calderwood St, SE18.

The London Ambulance Service attended but Mr Cooper, who resided at the address, was pronounced dead at the scene. Next of kin have been informed.

A postmortem at Greenwich Mortuary gave the cause of death as head injuries.

An incident room has opened in Lewisham under Assistant Detective Chief Inspector Clive Heys of the Homicide and Serious Crime Command.

"David was viciously assaulted and has suffered serious head injuries," said A/DCI Heys.

"At present were investigating the possibility that David has died as the result of a homophobic attack.

"But it should be stressed that we retain an open mind regarding its motive.

"Since the start of the investigation we have worked closely with representatives of the LGBT community informing them of developments and seeking their advice on a number of matters.

"We know he meet up with friends in the Old Compton Street area of Soho and we would like to speak with anyone who saw him that evening or the people he was with.

"He visited a number of venues including Compton's, Village and G-A-Y bar from about 18.30 that evening.

"The last confirmed sighting we have of him is for around 23.00 when he left the Friendly Society.

"Also at present we do not know how he got home.

"Therefore we would also like people who were out that evening, but not in that area to think back to see whether they saw David on public transport, or if you were the taxi driver who gave him a lift home."

Anyone with information that could assist should call the incident room on 020 8721; if you wish to remain anonymous please call the Galop Shoutline on 020 7704 2040 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

You can also call the Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender officer for Greenwich on 020 8284 9864.

Article: www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9654.html

... I am bringing this to the attention of OUTers just in case someone on here has any info that could assist the Police in their enquiries.

There are 2 more postings on this topic on our Member website. For the full topic click to sign up to OUTeverywhere right now.

Enjoy chatting with our members

Click to join and start meeting people today

Imagine joining a social network of people from all around the country and see how you'll feel a year from today. You're increasing your circle of friends. You're doing more of the stuff you enjoy. You're having a great time meeting new people in your area. You're seeing all the benefits of becoming a member of OUTeverywhere. It still feels great making new friends and every day you're hearing more and more about the stuff that everyone's doing. You're joining in. Now, that was easy, wasn't it?

We make meeting people easy. Click to sign up to OUTeverywhere and get up and do something different!

PLEASE NOTE: Events are listed on this website on behalf of organisers in accordance with the Terms of Membership of OUTeverywhere and only if they have chosen broad publicity when adding their event to the Member Events calendar. As such, events are not necessarily affiliated to or endorsed by OUTeverywhere and may not be organised by the person who has listed the event: the person listing this event may simply be attending an event organised by another person or organisation and may wish to meet other people sharing their interest in the event. The mention or appearance of any person or organisation featured on these pages is not to be taken as any indication of sexual, social or political orientation of such persons or organisations. We cannot guarantee that the information is accurate and recommend that you always seek to contact the organiser directly to confirm full details of any event. Under no circumstances will we be responsible for any loss or damage resulting from reliance on, use or misuse of, the information on this website.

Our Vision | Our Team | Privacy Policy | Identity Theft Protection | Terms of Membership

Chat and Meet People

Enter one or two words to tell us something you enjoy:

Or enter a postcode or the name of a place:

Latest Shout OUT

Broadcast to the gay world with our public Shout OUTs service! Post on our member website or from your mobile phone and raise your profile.

Phil S (zontat) from Banbury in Oxford in United Kingdom shouts OUT: "ANY GENUINE WANT TO MEET UP FOR A COFFEE IAM IN BANBURY"

Events Calendar

< January 2009 >
S	M	T	W	T	F	S
				1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30	31

This Topic's Tags

Members tag topics with key words to help us find similar topics.

Discover GMEET

Add all your web profiles to the new GMEET.com website profiles directory service. Supports Facebook, YouTube, MySpace, Bebo, LinkedIn and dozens more. For social and business networking, web personals and online dating.