Mobility-scooter Tom busked for Ukraine before fatal knifing
Thomas O’Halloran, the elderly busker fatally stabbed as he drove his mobility scooter in west London was raising money for the Ukraine.
The musician – locally famous for he played accordion in Greenford every day – was stabbed on Western Avenue in Greenford and managed to keep going for 75 yards on his scooter before asking a member of the public for help.
Police had released an image of a man seen running away from the scene armed with a knife.
Mr O’Halloran, who was originally from Ennistymon.
Local councillor Martin Conway said he left there more than 70 years ago but would regularly return for holidays.
The Metropolitan police west area commander, Chief Superintendent Sean Wilson, said: “Yesterday an 87-year-old grandfather on a mobility scooter had his life needlessly snatched away in a shocking act of unprovoked violence right here in Greenford. I understand that our community will quite rightly be shocked and appalled at this incident, as I am too.”
he killing of Mr O’Halloran follows an attack on Monday morning on a man stabbed to death at a Korean restaurant on Poland Street in London’s West End. That afternoon a 58-year-old woman was stabbed to death at an address near Acton Town tube station.
On Sunday a 60-year-old man was fatally injured during a fight in Dagenham on Sunday, and a 25-year-old man was shot dead in Walthamstow on Saturday.
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