FRIENDS of a police station cleaner who have been cleared of involvement in his death are pleading for the real killer to be captured.

Enayit Khalili, 26, died from a single stab wound to the stomach after an attack in Fiennes Road, Rose Hill, Oxford, in March.

Gholam Hazrat, 24, now living in Outram Road, Cowley, was one of six men arrested who have been released without charge.

He said: "As long as we lived with him, there was no trouble at all. When he moved to our house, it was really good. I really don't know who would have done this. He had no enemies. We are all very confused about what happened.

"We all spoke to each other and friends, and nobody really knows what happened. I want the real killer to be found. It is very sad.

"I have good memories of him. We lived together and he was a good man. We were all happy. There was no reason why someone would kill him."

Mr Khalili worked as a cleaner at Cowley police station, as well as a waiter at Oxford Greyhound Stadium.

Khodadad Rezaie, 28, also from Outram Road, was asleep when his friend stumbled into his room bleeding.

He said: "Enayit came in and woke me up. He had his hand on his stomach.

"I was shocked and didn't know what to do, so I rang the police, but my English is not very good.

"Enayit told me he answered the door and was stabbed. I was shocked at what was happening in our house.

"I didn't know what to do. Everything we knew, we told the police. I don't know if the police believed us, but we know we were innocent."

Mr Khalili was originally from Afghanistan, but was given permanent leave to remain in the UK after moving here in 2001.

Police are continuing to follow up a number of lines of inquiry in Oxford and around the country but will not discuss potential leads.

No-one is currently under arrest for the murder.

Anyone with information should call Det Insp Colin Salmon on 08458 505505 or the confidential Crimestoppers line on 0800 555111.