Barefoot man found covered in blood in Oldham dies - Greater Manchester police appeal for information

Police are investigating after a man found with serious injuries in Oldham has since died.

Officers were called to a ‘concern for welfare’ of a man outside Mevagissey Walk, a social housing complex, in Greenwood Street, Greenacres, at 4.20am on Thursday (12 January) and found a 49-year-old man with serious injuries and blood on his hands, face, and bare feet. He was taken to hospital where he passed away two days later. A 37-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm, and has since been released on police bail.

Police enquiries suggest that the 49-year-old man may have been drinking in local pubs earlier in the day but his movements in the hours leading up to being found are. GMP have asked anyone who may have seen anything in the area to contact them.

Detective Chief Inspector Benjamin Cottam of GMP’s Oldham said: “Firstly, our thoughts are with the victim’s family of what I know will be a difficult time. Our specialist officers are currently supporting the victim’s family and we are ensuring we exhaust every possible line of enquiry to understand what happened that evening.

“Whilst we are not certain there is any form of criminality in this case, we cannot rule this out. We are looking at every possible scenario that could have taken place that evening and we need your help to piece together a chain of events. We need members of the public to come forward with any CCTV, dash cam footage from that area that evening, if you saw anything suspicious, witnessed any form of assault or have any information no matter how small it may seem, it could have a huge impact on our investigations.

“If you have any information at all, please call 101 or submit information on our website here quoting log 343 of 12/01/2023. Alternatively, you can call the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.”