Police have launched a manhunt after the death of a builder at a site in London last week sparked a murder investigation.
Police have launched a manhunt after the death of a builder at a site in London last week sparked a murder investigation.
Ambulance crews who treated a man injured on the roof of the Pressman Mastermelts building in Hatton Garden on Tuesday 17 April called in police.
The 47-year-old builder, was carrying out work at the venue, was pronounced dead at the scene at just after 3pm.
Police initially believed the man may have fallen from height, but officers now believe he was the victim of a serious assault.
A post-mortem examination took place at St Pancras mortuary on Thursday, 19 April and gave the cause of death as blunt force trauma to the head.
The Metropolitan Police’s Homicide and Major Crime Command is now investigating.
Detective chief inspector Luke Marks said: "Our enquiries have established that the victim was viciously attacked by a male suspect who is understood to have worked at the same site.
"We continue to appeal for information to trace a man who made off from Hatton Garden towards Chancery Lane, and boarded a Central Line train at Chancery Lane tube station at around 14:15hrs.
"Were you in the Hatton Garden area at that time, and did you see a man running towards Chancery Lane, or otherwise acting suspiciously? We would urge you to come forward as soon as possible."
The man the police are looking for is described as a white male, aged in his mid 20s. He was wearing a navy blue fleece jacket, blue jeans and brown workmen’s boots
A 24-year-old man was initially arrested on suspicion of murder on Wednesday, 18 April. He was taken to a south London police station.
He was subsequently de-arrested for the murder offence, and then arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.
He has been bailed pending further enquiries to a date in mid-May.
The victim has not been formally identified.Police have launched a manhunt after the death of a builder at a site in London last week sparked a murder investigation.
Ambulance crews who treated a man injured on the roof of the Pressman Mastermelts building in Hatton Garden on Tuesday 17 April called in police.
The 47-year-old builder, was carrying out work at the venue, was pronounced dead at the scene at just after 3pm.
Police initially believed the man may have fallen from height, but officers now believe he was the victim of a serious assault.
A post-mortem examination took place at St Pancras mortuary on Thursday, 19 April and gave the cause of death as blunt force trauma to the head.
The Metropolitan Police’s Homicide and Major Crime Command is now investigating.
Detective chief inspector Luke Marks said: "Our enquiries have established that the victim was viciously attacked by a male suspect who is understood to have worked at the same site.
"We continue to appeal for information to trace a man who made off from Hatton Garden towards Chancery Lane, and boarded a Central Line train at Chancery Lane tube station at around 14:15hrs.
"Were you in the Hatton Garden area at that time, and did you see a man running towards Chancery Lane, or otherwise acting suspiciously? We would urge you to come forward as soon as possible."
The man the police are looking for is described as a white male, aged in his mid 20s. He was wearing a navy blue fleece jacket, blue jeans and brown workmen’s boots.
A 24-year-old man was initially arrested on suspicion of murder on Wednesday, 18 April. He was taken to a south London police station.
He was subsequently de-arrested for the murder offence, and then arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.
He has been bailed pending further enquiries to a date in mid-May.
The victim has not been formally identified.
