Man arrested on suspicion of murder bailed

Dan Hunt
BBC News, East Midlands
BBC General view of Lombard StreetBBC
The man was pronounced dead in Lombard Street, Newark

A 19-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of a man in Newark has been bailed.

Nottinghamshire Police believed the man was "critically hurt" in a fight on 16 June before he pulled over in a vehicle about an hour later.

Emergency services were called to reports of a motorist in distress in Lombard Street just before 17:00 BST.

On Monday, police said the arrested man had been bailed under strict conditions.

Detectives say they are currently working on the theory that the man was hurt in the fight near Albert Street, between 16:00 and 16:04.

Emergency services were called to treat the already injured driver shortly afterwards.

Det Ch Insp Ruby Burrow said: "This dispute may have also spilled over to nearby Windsor Road or Boundary Road, and would've been quite visible due to the lighting at that time of the day and the location near Newark town centre.

"Bearing this in mind, my ask would be for everyone who was in that area, at that time, to think whether they might have seen something.

"Even better, did you perhaps record something, inadvertently or otherwise, on a phone or on one of your cameras that may have captured what happened?

"Any piece of information you have could help us confirm what happened and solve this case for this man's grieving family."

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