Richard Mannington Bowes was left in a coma A 68-year-old man who was critically injured while he tried to stamp out a fire during riots in west London has died, Scotland Yard has said.
Richard Mannington Bowes suffered head injuries in an attack in Ealing on Monday night and was left in a coma. A 22-year-old man has been arrested in connection with his death.
Police have said four other deaths - a man found shot in a car in Croydon and three men hit by a car in Birmingham - may be linked to the recent disorder.
In other developments:
- Magistrates have again been sitting in London throughout the night to hear the cases of some those arrested during the violence. Many face charges of handling stolen goods, or breaches of public order. Courts also sat late into the evening in Birmingham and Manchester
- Association of Chief Police Officers president Sir Hugh Orde said it was the police, and not MPs, who devised the "more robust" approach that restored calm after four nights of rioting in England
- David Cameron announced a crackdown on facemasks and a review on the use of curfews during an emergency debate in Parliament
- Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Steve Kavanagh has admitted the force did not have enough officers on duty to deal with the chaos that erupted on Monday night
- More than 1,000 arrests have now been made in London alone and more than 1,500 across England since the unrest began on Saturday
- A man has been arrested over an attack on a Malaysian student who was assaulted by rioters in East London and mugged by people who had initially appeared to be helping him
- The inquest into the deaths of Haroon Jahan, 21, Shazad Ali, 30, and Abdul Musavir, 31, will be opened and adjourned at Birmingham Coroners' Court later
- More than 100,000 people have signed an online petition calling for anyone convicted of taking part in the riots to lose any benefits they receive - becoming the first such petition to be considered for a Commons debate
- The government has launched a website with advice to the public on how to cope with the unrest
- Saturday's Premier League match between Tottenham and Everton at White Hart Lane has been postponed
Mr Bowes, of Haven Green, Ealing, is believed to have been attacked after remonstrating with some teenagers who were setting fire to two industrial bins on Spring Bridge Road.
Police officers were then pelted with missiles as they came to his aid. Detectives have issued an image of a man they identified as a "strong suspect".
'Jumped on him'
Police have identified a "strong suspect" they wish to speak to Jim, 40, said: "I went up to Spring Bridge Road to check on my other shop and saw him on the ground.
"The rioters had set a bin alight and then they jumped on him when he tried to put it out."
Det Ch Insp John McFarlane said: "This was a brutal incident that resulted in the senseless killing of an innocent man."
Mr McFarlane said the examination of CCTV footage had provided police with a "strong suspect".
"I know that on seeing these images of him people will be able to identify him.
"He had been in close proximity to the attack, recording the events on a mobile device."
Speaking on Thursday, when Mr Bowes was in a critical condition, his sister Anne Wilderspin, 73, from Derbyshire, said: "It was sort of unreal because you don't think anything like that happens to a relative of yours.
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Student Ashraf Rosli, who was mugged by rioters, says he 'feels sorry' for attackers
"It was a shock and it's still a bit unreal in a way."
She had been hoping to be reunited with Mr Bowes, whom she had not seen for 30 years.
She said she was travelling to London to see her brother, who gave her away at her wedding. It is not known if she saw him before he died.
Also speaking on Thursday, Mayor of London Boris Johnson paid tribute to him: "There are many villains in this story but also many heroes and I want to pay particular tribute to Mr Bowes.
"But he has paid a terrible price. I am desperately sorry for him and his family."
Car chase Ealing Council said it was flying the Union Flag over its town hall at half-mast today as a mark of respect for Mr Bowes.
It is also launching an appeal to help all victims of the riot in the borough in memory of the murdered pensioner, to be called the Richard Mannington Bowes Relief Fund.
Trevor Ellis, 26, of Brixton Hill, died after being found with bullet wounds in a car in Croydon, south London, on Monday night.
Police believe Mr Ellis and his friends were involved in an altercation with another group of nine people, resulting in a chase involving three cars. Mr Ellis was shot during the pursuit.
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Haroon Jahan, Shazad Ali and Abdul Musavir died when they were hit by a car during the disorder
Haroon Jahan, 21, Shazad Ali, 30, and Abdul Musavir, 31, were struck as they stood in a crowd on the pavement in Winson Green, Birmingham, on Tuesday night. They were protecting property at the time.
On Thursday, West Midlands Police said two boys, aged 16 and 17, and a man, 26, had been arrested on suspicion of murder.A 32-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder on Wednesday has been bailed.
Four days of rioting across England broke out after a peaceful protest on Saturday in Tottenham, north London, over the fatal shooting of Mark Duggan, 29, by police.
Mr Duggan's death is being investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
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