Police Arrest Man in Stabbing Death at Herbie Hide’s Home

by David P. Greisman

Police in the United Kingdom have arrested a man accused of fatally stabbing another man during a party early Sunday at the home of former heavyweight titleholder Herbie Hide.

British newspaper reports did not yet identify the suspect’s name.

Police were called at 12:07 a.m. to Hide’s home in the Norwich village of Bawburgh. There, they found the victim, Tafadzwa “Taffy” Khan, a 25-year-old man from Norwich, according to Sky News and ITN.

Khan had been stabbed several times and was pronounced dead at the scene.

A friend of the victim who lived with Khan at a local hostel told The Daily Mail of what he had heard happened.

“I heard that a full-on fight kicked off at the party and Taffy went to calm things,” the friend was quoted as saying. “He is the sort of guy who would have wanted people to just chill and settle down. But an hour later this guy came back with a knife and stabbed him three times in the chest.”

Police said Hide was not at home when the stabbing happened. He and his family are staying elsewhere while the investigation continues.

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