London: Man dies after four people hit by car on Christmas Day

A man who was hurt when a car hit pedestrians in London’s West End on Christmas Day has died.

Aidan Chapman, 25, died in hospital on New Year’s Eve from the injuries he sustained, the Met Police said.

He was one of four pedestrians hit by a car which was travelling on the wrong side of the road in Shaftesbury Avenue in Soho – in the capital’s theatre district – at 00:45 GMT.

Anthony Gilheaney, 30, from Harlow in Essex, has been charged with four counts of attempted murder as well as causing serious injury by driving whilst disqualified, driving a motor vehicle dangerously and possessing a knife in a public place.