Stab death victim found in garden

A 20-year-old man has been found stabbed to death in the back garden of a house in Dorset.

Luke Campbell's body was discovered at the property on the junction of St Clement's Road and Cleveland Road in the Boscombe area of Bournemouth.

Dorset Police, who have launched a murder investigation, said his body was found by a walker on Saturday morning.

They said Mr Campbell, of Bournemouth, who was known to friends as Luka, died of a stab wound to the chest.

The passer-by had been crossing a bridge over the main London to Bournemouth railway line, which also backs on to the garden, when he saw the body.

Police were called just after 1000 GMT on Saturday, and sealed off the garden.

Det Ch Insp Neil Redstone said: "I am appealing to anyone who saw or heard any suspicious, unusual or out-of-the-ordinary activity in the vicinity of St Clement's Road and Cleveland Road, Boscombe, between 1800 GMT on Friday and 1000 GMT on Saturday to come forward.

"Someone somewhere - perhaps several people - know, or suspect they know, who was responsible for this young man's death."

Officers have been conducting house-to-house inquiries in the area.

A post-mortem examination was carried out by Home Office pathologist Dr Basil Purdue at the Dorset County Hospital in Dorchester on Saturday.

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