Police investigating the death of Luke O'Connell have made two more arrests bringing the total arrest count up to 12.

Mr O'Connell, 26, died in hospital after he was stabbed in Gammons Lane, North Watford, in the early hours of August 31.

A crash involving three vehicles took place moments before Mr O'Connell was stabbed.

This week, six people were arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.

Four men from Watford - aged 48, 31, 24, and 22, were arrested on Monday, and on Tuesday, a 24-year-old man from Watford and a 24-year-old man from Nottingham.

They have all been released under investigation while enquiries continue.

Five men have previously been charged in connection with the investigation.

Police continue to appeal for anyone with any information to get in touch. Call 101 or visit herts.police.uk/contact quoting Operation Orient or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800555111.

• Shahnavaz Azad, aged 27, of Nicholas Close, Watford; Mohammed Haroon Azad, aged 21, of Nicholas Close, Watford; Aamir Mustafa, aged 22, of St George’s Road, Watford and Hamza Shah, aged 19, of Hagden Lane, Watford have all been charged with murder. A pre-trial preparation hearing is scheduled for 3 December at St Albans Crown Court. A provisional trial court date has been set for 2 March 2020 at St Albans Crown Court.

• Omar Hamid-Chohan, aged 25, of The Harebreaks, Watford, has been charged with assisting an offender. He has been released on conditional bail and is due to appear before St Albans Magistrates’ Court on Friday 15 November for a first hearing.

• A 19-year-old woman from Watford was last month (September) arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. She has been summoned to appear before St Albans Magistrates’ Court on Friday 15 November to answer two charges of assisting an offender and perverting the course of justice.