{"id":7516,"date":"2025-12-28T15:48:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T15:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=7516"},"modified":"2025-12-28T15:48:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T15:48:25","slug":"tribute-to-deeply-loved-dad-who-died-after-appleby-magna-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=7516","title":{"rendered":"Tribute to &#8216;deeply loved&#8217; dad who died after Appleby Magna assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Tributes have been paid to a &#8220;devoted family man&#8221; who died after an assault outside a pub in Leicestershire. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">David Darke, 66, suffered a serious head injury when he was punched outside The Crown Inn, in Church Street, Appleby Magna, at about 21:45 GMT on 21 December. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Leicestershire Police launched a murder investigation after Mr Darke <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c7832z1lq80o\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 iCaRzc\" rel=\"noopener\">died at Queen&#8217;s Medical Centre in Nottingham on Saturday<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">A 36-year-old man, previously arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm, was re-arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody, police said. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">In a statement released by the force, Mr Darke&#8217;s family said his life had been &#8220;tragically cut short&#8221; and he would be &#8220;sorely missed by all who knew and loved him&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">They added: &#8220;Dave was a deeply loved father to three daughters and a proud grandfather to three boys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;He was a much-loved brother and a dear friend. Dave will live on forever in our hearts, minds and souls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;He was a strong, active, intelligent and kind person who was a friend to all. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;He was a devoted family man with a deep passion for life, the outdoors, nature and walking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The force said it was continuing to appeal for anyone who could help its investigation to come forward. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>#Tribute #deeply #loved #dad #died #Appleby #Magna #assault<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tributes have been paid to a &#038;&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[242],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7516"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}