Heartfelt tributes have been paid to a "loving and devoted family man" who died after he was found on a street with a head injury.

Emergency services scrambled to Oldham, in Greater Manchester, after receiving reports that a man was lying unconscious on Abbey Hills Road at 11.55pm on Thursday, November 9. Cops attended and discovered a man with a serious head injury.

Despite the best efforts of paramedics, the man died a short time later. Manchester Evening News reports that he has been named as Vincent McDonagh, 45, who originally came from Ireland.

Police are now appealing to anyone with information, including relevant CCTV, about the incident to come forward. A 38-year-old man from Oldham is due to appear in court charged with his murder.

Vincent had a little boy who "he loved to pieces" and "was the life of the party," his grief-stricken fiancée Demi said.

In the touching tribute, Demi called Vincent a doting father, and said: "Vinny was an amazing fiancé, a loving dad and devoted family man. He was kind and helpful to everyone and nothing was ever too much to ask

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"He loved his little boy to pieces, he doted on him and would always make sure his had everything. He loved his music and would always sing to me and his little boy, he was always making jokes and was the life of the party.

"He was from a big family in Ireland and had six brothers and seven sisters, and would always speak about their memories and his love for his dad Barney.

"Our lives are so empty without him, we cannot believe someone would just take him away. He will be missed so much, and we don’t know how to go on without him. We always used to say we loved each other to the moon and stars and now I won’t hear that from him again."

Greater Manchester Police continues to investigate the death, and stresses any footage - from a mobile phone or dashcam - will help with the probe. You can make a report by calling 101 quoting log 3909 of 09/11/2023."

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