Man stabbed to death in row with bikers in Prescot Published duration 4 November 2017

image copyright Google image caption The victim was stabbed in a pedestrian area of Market Place

A man has been stabbed to death during a row with some people on a scrambler-style motorcycle.

Merseyside Police said he was with friends in a pedestrian area of Market Place in Prescot town centre when the argument started, at about 00:40 GMT.

The 29-year-old was stabbed in the neck with an unknown weapon, police said. The offenders fled, riding off in the direction of a Tesco store.

The victim was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead soon after.

A murder investigation has been launched and police are appealing for witnesses.

Ch Insp Nick Gunatilleke said: "This was a horrific and senseless attack on a young man who had been walking home from a night out in a local pub with his friends."

He called for the offenders to "search their consciences... and hand themselves in now as we will catch them in the end".