{"id":882880,"date":"2026-04-09T17:51:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/882880\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T17:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:51:17","slug":"welsh-musician-left-broken-hearted-after-beautiful-son-stabbed-to-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/882880\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh musician left ‘broken-hearted’ after ‘beautiful’ son stabbed to death"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘He was just a little groovy 21-year-old who loved movies and making films’ Mathilde Grandjean, Press Association<\/strong> and Taite Johnson<\/strong><\/a> Audience and Trending Writer<\/p>\n

18:08, 09 Apr 2026<\/p>\n

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Finbar Sullivan(Image: Metropolitan Police )<\/p>\n

A Welsh musician has spoken of his agony after his son was stabbed to death in a London park. Finbar Sullivan was stabbed during an altercation in Primrose Hill in the early evening on Tuesday, April 7 and despite the efforts of paramedics was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

The 21-year-old was a filmmaking student. His dad Christopher Sullivan, a musician and the founder of 1980s band Blue Rondo a la Turk, has spoken of his devastation.<\/p>\n

Mr Sullivan, originally from Merthyr Tydfil, told the Daily Mail his son wanted to become a cameraman like his grandfather Michael Seresin, who worked on Harry Potter and Rambo III.<\/p>\n

On the day he was attacked he had gone to the park to use a new camera he had got for his birthday. For the biggest stories in Wales first sign up to our daily newsletter here<\/a><\/p>\n

Mr Sullivan, 65, said: “This is the worst tragedy I could ever imagine.<\/p>\n

“He\u2019s my only son\u2026 I had him when I was 45. He can never be replaced. He\u2019d just bought a new camera, we all chipped in for his 21st birthday, and he took it up there to do a bit of filming.”<\/p>\n

Mr Sullivan added: “I\u2019m so broken-hearted, I can\u2019t believe it. He was the most beautiful, lovely, outgoing, loving boy. He was just a really lovely person.<\/p>\n

“And why he was targeted, we have no idea.”<\/p>\n

Mr Sullivan said he rushed to Primrose Hill as soon as he was informed of the incident.<\/p>\n

“I got the call at about six that he\u2019d been stabbed, so I rushed up there,” Mr Sullivan told the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n

“I wasn\u2019t allowed in because it was a crime scene, and by that point he\u2019d had 20 minutes of CPR. He\u2019d obviously died. It\u2019s Primrose Hill, for God\u2019s sake\u2026 it\u2019s like Hyde Park. It\u2019s not somewhere you expect this.”<\/p>\n

Finbar was a student at the London Screen Academy and produced music videos for drill rap artists under the name Sully Shot It.<\/p>\n

Despite the drill rap scene\u2019s association with gang violence, Mr Sullivan denied his son was involved in any of it.<\/p>\n

“All I can tell you is he was the subject of an indiscriminate stabbing. He was not a gang member,” Mr Sullivan told the newspaper.<\/p>\n

“He was just a little groovy 21-year-old who loved movies and making films. He didn\u2019t drink, he didn\u2019t smoke, he didn\u2019t go out.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019d stay at home editing his films six nights a week. He wanted to follow in his (grandfather\u2019s footsteps) and be a cameraman. He recently did a video for Joseph Corre, Vivienne Westwood\u2019s son.<\/p>\n

“We were just about to start a company together\u2026 he was going to do his showreel today with me. And now he\u2019s dead.”<\/p>\n

Mr Sullivan added: “His friend was stabbed in the back and hands trying to protect him. My son always tried to stand up for people, so maybe the attacker was bullying someone.”<\/p>\n

Police confirmed that another man, believed to be in his 20s, was located nearby on Regent\u2019s Park Road and was taken to hospital by paramedics with stab wounds. His injuries have since been confirmed as non-life-threatening and non-life-changing.<\/p>\n

The Metropolitan Police have urged \u201canyone who has any information, including photos or videos\u201d to get in touch.<\/p>\n

Detective Inspector Andy Griffin, who is leading the investigation, said: “Finbar\u2019s family have suffered a devastating loss and our thoughts are with them as they navigate this very challenging time.<\/p>\n

“Our investigation is progressing at pace and we are following several lines of inquiry. This incident occurred in a busy, public park and there may be many witnesses who can help us piece together what happened.<\/p>\n

“We are aware of footage circulating on social media around the time of the incident, and urge anyone who has any information, including photos or videos, which could support the investigation to urgently contact us.”<\/p>\n

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