A man has been charged with the murder of his neighbour, Alison Morrison, who was stabbed to death while walking to work during the morning rush hour in Harrow, north-west London. The Metropolitan Police confirmed that Trevor Gibbon, 48, will appear before magistrates in Hendon on Saturday.
Police were called just before 8am on Thursday after witnesses heard screams. The 45-year-old mother-of-one was found with multiple stab wounds and taken to St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, where she died. A post-mortem examination gave the cause of death as multiple stab wounds.
Alison Morrison was a community champion and a key member of the Harrow Safer Neighbourhood Board. David Perry, leader of Harrow Council, paid tribute, saying: “Alison Morrison was passionately committed to creating a safer Harrow through her work with the Harrow Safer Neighbourhood Board and as a community champion, and it is terrible news that she has lost her life in this violent way in a borough she cared so much about.”
Perry added: “Alison’s colleagues on the Safer Neighbourhood Board are absolutely shattered by this news, as are the staff of Harrow Council. Alison was a key member of the board and a tireless advocate of its work. We will do whatever we can to help the police. In the meantime, our thoughts are with Alison’s family.”
