Mum of man at centre of murder probe says 'my son did not deserve any of this'

The mother of a 42-year-old man who died following an assault in Blackpool last week have paid an emotional tribute to him.

Lancashire Police have launched a murder investigation after receiving reports from Blackpool Victoria Hospital that a man had been assaulted on September 7. Rob Kerr sadly died earlier this week, on Tuesday (September 17), LancsLive reports.

Police believe the 42-year-old was assaulted at his home address on Coronation Street in Blackpool late on Sunday (September 1), or in the early hours of Monday (September 2). A Home Office postmortem examination has been carried out and the death is being treated as a homicide.

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An investigation is underway, and four people have been arrested in connection with police enquiries. One of those people, a man aged 27, has now been released without charge and three others, men aged 21, 29 and 40, have been released on bail pending further enquiries. This afternoon (September 19) a fifth person has been arrested on suspicion of murder. He is a 22 year old man from Blackpool and is in custody.

In a tribute Mr Kerr’s mother said: “Rob was my youngest son out of 5 siblings. He has two older brothers and younger sisters. He was a loving and caring person, and he would do anything for anyone. He was such a protective person, especially over me and his three children – two of them are now adults but his youngest is still a child. He loved each of them a lot.

If anyone knows anything, could you please come forward and contact the Police. My son did not deserve any of this. We are left heartbroken.”

Det Chief Insp John McNamara, of our Force Major Investigation Team, added: “My