A man's been arrested in connection with the death of Jay Jay Livesey Taylor in Darwen

A Home Office post mortem examination concluded that Jay Jay died as a result of a serious injury to his neck.

Jay Jay Livesey Taylor
Author: Becky CahillPublished 30th Jan 2018
Last updated 30th Jan 2018

23-year-old Jay Jay Livesey Taylor was seriously assaulted in Esco-bar, in The Green, around 1.20am on Sunday, January 28th.

Jay Jay, from Darwen, was taken to Royal Preston Hospital for treatment but sadly died yesterday morning.

A Home Office post mortem examination concluded he died as a result of a serious injury to his neck.

A 45-year-old man handed himself in to police on Monday (January 29th) afternoon and is currently in custody arrested on suspicion of murder.

Detective Supt Jill Johnston, of Lancashire Police’s Force Major Investigation Team, said: “Our thoughts remain first and foremost with Jay Jay’s family and friends and we have specially trained officers supporting them at this difficult time.

“Our investigations are very much continuing and while we have made a number of arrests I would like to thank the community for their support and assistance so far. I continue to appeal to anyone who may have information which could assist us to contact us, in particular anyone who was in the bar on Saturday night who has not yet spoken to the police.”

Two other people were earlier arrested as part of the investigation. They are a 32 year old man from Darwen arrested on suspicion of murder and a 30 year old man from Darwen arrested on suspicion of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. They have both been bailed until February 13th.