Maidenhead & Windsor

A man released on police bail in connection with an assault in Maidenhead last month has been re-arrested on suspicion of murder.

The 22-year-old man was arrested by Maidenhead officers on (2/8) following the death of a 40- year-old man in hospital this week. The arrested man remains in police custody this afternoon.

Michael Gifkins, of Stompits Road, Holyport, was admitted to Wexham Park Hospital shortly after 7.45pm on 13 July after feeling unwell. Following his admission, doctors discovered that he had a bleed on the brain and later transferred him to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. He died at the hospital shortly after 8pm on Tuesday (31/7).

Mr Gifkins had been involved in an incident in the High Street, near to the junction with St Ives Road, Maidenhead, earlier in the day on Friday 13 July, where he was allegedly assaulted by a motorcyclist.

A post-mortem carried out yesterday (1/8) revealed that Mr Gifkins died from multiple organ failure.

Officers investigating the assault, which happened at around 3.30pm, are still keen to speak to anyone who witnessed the incident but have not yet come forward. In particular, they are keen to speak to a woman who spoke to the alleged assailant, and the person who took an index number of a motorcycle and passed it to another.

Those with information are urged to contact Maidenhead Police on 0845 8 505 505 quoting URN 807 of 2 August. If you don’t want to speak to police or give your name, please call the Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111.

Thames Valley Police ~ Maidenhead