by Cathy
Caws
Relatives of Jay Abatan,
who died after being assaulted outside a Brighton nightclub, have been given
hope with two new leads.
Friends and relatives
gathered to pay tribute to Jay outside the Ocean Rooms club in Morley Street to
mark the father-of-two's birthday.
Jay, 42, from Eastbourne,
was left in a coma following a dispute over a taxi in January last year. He
died a week later.
His brother Michael
organised the tribute and says he spoke to two men who might have information
about the attacker.
Mr Abatan said he was
hopeful about the fresh information, although it had yet to be confirmed.
He suffered a cut and
black eye in the assault which led to his brother's death and has since
campaigned to bring Jay's killers to justice.
Mr Abatan said: "We
were stopping people, asking if they had seen anything on the night, and these
two guys said they might have some information.
"I am quite hopeful
but am going to be looking into it further. I hope to be speaking to these two
guys again and am waiting for them to call."
Mr Abatan said: "It
was pretty lucky to find them. But if you just sit at home nothing will happen.
We have to keep getting out there and try to find out who attacked Jay that
night."
Des Turner, MP for
Brighton Kemp Town, joined in the tribute.