Primrose Hill stab victim ‘can never be replaced’

Metropolitan Police A close-up image of Finbar Sullivan's face. He is a young, slender man with dark hair. Metropolitan Police

Finbar Sullivan was found with knife wounds on Primrose Hill

A 21-year-old filmmaking student who was stabbed to death in Primrose Hill “can never be replaced”, his father has said.

Finbar Sullivan was stabbed in a fight near the viewing point at the north London beauty spot shortly after 18:30 BST on Tuesday and died at the scene.

Christopher Sullivan told the Daily Mail his son wanted to become a cameraman like his grandfather Michael Seresin – who worked on Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban and Rambo III – and had gone to the park to use a camera he was given for his birthday.

“This is the worst tragedy I could ever imagine,” the 65-year-old told the newspaper, adding that Finbar was his only son.

Sullivan described his son as a “beautiful, lovely, outgoing, loving boy”.

Finbar was a student at the London Screen Academy and produced music videos for drill rap artists under the name Sully Shot It, the Daily Mail reported.

Sullivan said his son was “not a gang member”, but a “groovy 21-year-old who loved movies and making films”.

Ellen Kinnally, friend of Sullivan and PR professional from New York, told The Times Finbar had been unwell before he was killed, but had been “getting better”.

She said: “He’d gotten very ill recently and everyone was so worried about him. It affected his eyesight, but he was getting better. He was a visual person.”

During the fight on Tuesday, a second man in his 20s was also injured. He was taken to hospital with non life-threatening stab wounds.

The Met appealed for anyone with information, pictures or videos from the scene to come forward. No arrests have been made.

The force has also urged for a key witness to contact them.

It said the young woman or teenager was captured on film recording a fight in the park, which is believed to have occurred shortly before the stabbing, and her footage was “vital” to the investigation.

The Met said she was wearing a pink vest, blue denim shorts and black trainers.

Det Insp Andy Griffin, who is leading the investigation, said: “I believe this woman’s account of events, as well as the video she captured, will provide vital evidence.

“To reiterate, she has not committed any offence but we are urging her, or anyone who may know her, to come forward and assist our investigation. We need to speak to her as soon as possible.”