Household handoutA 30-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of homicide after a person was discovered with critical accidents following what police imagine was a “violent assault”.
Emergency providers have been referred to as to a property on Platt Lane in Fallowfield at 08:50 BST on 1 July, the place Fintan McDwyer was discovered and pronounced lifeless on the scene.
Better Manchester Police (GMP) mentioned the person, from Longsight in Manchester, has been arrested and brought into custody for questioning.
The drive mentioned officers have been investigating quite a few strains of inquiry, however that Mr McDwyer had suffered “critical and deadly accidents which we imagine have been brought on by a pointy instrument”.
A police assertion mentioned detectives have been eager to talk to anybody who noticed a person “strolling within the space of Platt Fields Park, Fallowfield and Birchfields Park, Rusholme at round 04:00 and 04:30 wearing all black clothes with a balaclava on”.
Det Insp Lee Shaw mentioned: “It is a surprising homicide of a much-loved household man.
“Our investigation is shifting shortly, and we proceed to work around the clock to seize an image of what occurred to Fintan.”
‘Twinkle in his eye’
Mr McDwyer’s household have paid tribute to their “personal mild big” who had a “calm and reassuring presence”.
They added: “He had probably the most fantastic, tender, Irish lilt.
“He was a real gentleman, had an exquisite sense of humour, and all the time had a twinkle in his eye.
“There is not anybody who would say a nasty phrase about Fintan, and it breaks our hearts that he has been denied years to be together with his sons and grandchildren.”
