A Glasgow man died in front of his mother and friends after he was stabbed meters from his home, Police have said.

Anthony Ferns, known to his friends as Tony, died on Thursday evening after being attacked in his car. 

Police have now confirmed the results of the post-mortem reveal he died from stab wounds. 

Tony, 33, was sat in a blue Audi A3 at the junction of Crebar Street and Roukenburn Street, Thornliebank, just meters from his home, when he was approached by a man.

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He spoke to the victim through the drivers window before seriously assaulting him. 


Tony then drove a short distance to his home address in Roukenburn Street where he got out of the car, walked across the road and collapsed in front of his mother and friends, Police have said.


Emergency services were called around 10.20pm on Thursday night, and despite efforts to revive him, he was pronounced dead at the scene.


Detective Cheif Inspector Grant Macleod said: "This man then seriously assaulted Tony and ran off, possibly making his escape route through local gardens in Crebar Street.

"Tony was able to drive a short distance to his home address and got out of his car, but unfortunately he collapsed in his garden.

"Ambulance were contacted but again unfortunately and sadly, Tony could not be saved and he died in front of his mother and friends."

Police have said Anthony’s family have been left “extremely upset and devastated by this murder” and are appealing for anyone with any information to come forward.


The suspect is described as white, aged between 20-30 years old and between 5ft 8- 6ft in height. 

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He was wearing a dark-coloured tracksuit and possibly a light-coloured baseball cap and ran off from the scene in Crebar Street.  

Police believe there are witnesses with information that is vital to solving the murder.

They have urged anyone who was in Crebar Street or Roukenburn Street at around 10pm on Friday 19 to come forward.

Macleod added: "You may have information, you may have seen something, you may have seen an individual running through your garden.

"Please come forward no matter how minor you think that detail is. Similarly if you were driving on Thursday night and you have dashcam footage in your vehicle, please come forward and speak to my officers."