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14/08/2007
Briton Stabbed To Death In New Jersey
A 37-year-old British man has been stabbed to death while on holiday in the US.
Paul Ritch, from Cardiff, was stabbed in the heart as he tried to intervene in an incident in a street in New Jersey in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Mr Ritch, who worked as a swimming instructor and personal trainer, was taken to hospital in Atlantic City but was pronounced dead shortly afterwards.
He had been on a two-week holiday with friends when he was killed.
An inquiry has been launched by the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office.
Mr Ritch had been voted 12th most eligible bachelor in Wales by the Wales on Sunday newspaper in 2002 and was also shortlisted for Company magazine's list of the 50 most eligible bachelors in Britain in the same year.
He also appeared on the ITV show 'Gladiators' in 1998.
(KMcA)
Paul Ritch, from Cardiff, was stabbed in the heart as he tried to intervene in an incident in a street in New Jersey in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Mr Ritch, who worked as a swimming instructor and personal trainer, was taken to hospital in Atlantic City but was pronounced dead shortly afterwards.
He had been on a two-week holiday with friends when he was killed.
An inquiry has been launched by the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office.
Mr Ritch had been voted 12th most eligible bachelor in Wales by the Wales on Sunday newspaper in 2002 and was also shortlisted for Company magazine's list of the 50 most eligible bachelors in Britain in the same year.
He also appeared on the ITV show 'Gladiators' in 1998.
(KMcA)
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