DAVID HAYNES

DAVID HAYNES WAS STABBED TO DEATH

David Haynes, who turned 21 on Saturday, was stabbed outside a kebab shop in Silver Street, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, in the early hours of yesterday but died as he underwent emergency surgery in hospital.

Detectives investigating the stabbing of a man just hours after his 21st birthday today charged three men with his murder. He had earlier been involved in a dispute outside the Bar Life nightclub, Northamptonshire Police said. Three men - two from Wellingborough aged 26 and 24, and a 22-year-old from Northampton - have been charged with murder and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm. A police spokeswoman said: "The three men detained in custody in connection with the stabbing incident at Wellingborough early on Sunday morning have now been charged. "All three men have been charged with conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm to David Haynes and all three have been charged with jointly murdering David Haynes. "They will appear before Kettering Magistrates' Court tomorrow, Tuesday." A post-mortem examination revealed that Mr Haynes died from a single stab wound to the abdomen. Parts of Wellingborough town centre were cordoned off by police forensic teams yesterday when search officers recovered a knife. The murder case is the latest example of Britain's deadly knife culture. David, who was about to start an IT course, and his older brothers Mark, 24 and Richard, 27, were brought up in Wellingborough by their mother Coralita, who died last year. She split from their father, who now lives in Grenada, when they were young children. Neighbours said the brothers were "well-behaved" and Miss Haynes had "kept them off the street". Mark Haynes paid tribute to his brother and said: "David was a strong person. My brother was a happy sort of person who made people laugh and had a lot of friends." DAVID HAYNES