Man stabbed to death outside club

A Turkish man has been stabbed to death outside a late-night party at a west London nightclub.

The 33-year-old had been attending a Turkish-themed event at The Crescent Club in West Kensington.

Trouble flared at the North End Road club in the early hours of yesterday morning as a fight broke out between rival groups.

Private investor Simon Dorrington, 27, who lives nearby and was woken by loud shouting, said: "I saw a huge swirling fight. It was evident that some guy had collapsed in the corner. "

The victim died just over an hour later at a west London hospital.

Residents helped to defeat an attempt to open a stripclub on the site last November. It became a nightclub instead when Hammersmith & Fulham Council refused it the necessary licence.

One man has been arrested in connection with the stabbing.