Man, 66, dies from head injury six days after punch outside pub

The man was punched outside The Crown Inn pub (Picture: Google maps)

A man has died six days after being punched outside a village pub.

Leicestershire police have launched a murder investigation after he died in hospital on Saturday, almost a week after the attack on Sunday December 21.

David Darke, 66, was punched outside The Crown Inn in Church Street in Appleby Magna just before 21.45pm last Sunday.

He suffered a serious head injury and was being treated in Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham.