DETECTIVES investigating the murder of an Accrington man are appealing for the community’s help to catch his killer.

Officers are appealing for anyone who may have seen 52-year-old Raich Alcock in the hours before his death to help them piece together his last movements.

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CCTV enquiries revealed Mr Alcock left Accrington town centre at around 3.30am on Tuesday, September 6, before walking from near the town hall, across Eastgate and then to his home in Arnold Street via the Friar Court and Dowry Street area.

Later that morning police found Mr Alcock, a volunteer at Accrington homeless charity Maundy Relief, collapsed at home with a serious head injury.

He died 10 days later at Royal Preston Hospital on Friday, September 16.

Two men and a woman are believed to have walked along the same route as Mr Alcock as he made his way home and officers are asking anyone who may have seen these people to come forward.

Det Insp Tim McDermott, who is leading the murder investigation, said: “We are trying to establish exactly what happened to Mr Alcock from making that journey home to being found collapsed.

“He has sustained a serious head injury later that morning which proved fatal.

“We need anyone who may have seen him, the people described or who knows anything that could help us with our investigation to get in touch at their earliest opportunity.”

Christopher Singleton, 36, of no fixed abode, has been charged with Mr Alcock’s murder and has been remanded in custody to appear at Preston Crown Court.

A 44-year-old local man also arrested on suspicion of aiding and abetting the murder was released on bail but has since been released without charge.

Anyone with information can call us on 101 quoting incident reference LC-20160907-1185.