Second-degree murder trial underway in fatal stabbing of Helix guitarist

Accused in in the stabbing death of Helix guitarist Dan Fawcett, the second-degree murder trial of Craig Allan is underway. CTV London’s Nick Paparella reports.

A woman jogging through Gibbons Park in north London in the early morning hours of November 6, 2022 made the grim discovery of a man’s body.

That man would later be identified as 52-year-old Dan Fawcett, known in rock music circles as the one-time guitarist for the band Helix.

The details were hashed out as a second-degree murder trial got underway in a London courthouse on Monday for a man charged in connection with the stabbing death of a former guitarist for the rock band Helix.

London Police Constable Joshua Lofranco was the first officer to arrive at the scene, and when he looked at Fawcett he testified, “he was not cold to the touch but was not breathing.”

The officer quickly began chest compressions but then noticed that, “there appeared to be dried blood on the abdomen and chest...there appeared to be trauma.”

Constable Lofranco then detected that, “there were two apparent stab wounds about halfway up the torso.”

Paramedics would eventually arrive, and Fawcett would be pronounced dead.

A few days later 51-year-old Craig Allan would be arrested out of town and charged with second degree murder in connection to the stabbing death of Fawcett.

He has plead not guilty.

A woman also arrested in connection with Fawcett’s death has already been dealt with before the courts. Several months ago, she plead guilty to manslaughter.

More than a dozen witnesses are expected testify for the crown at the murder trial which is slated to last three weeks.