POLICE are no closer to finding the killers of a Kingsbury recluse, despite offering a £20,000 reward for information.

Detective Inspector Lee Presland, who is leading the investigation into the murder of Alan Bailey, said the reward had not brought forward any fresh leads.

He said: "This was a mindless, violent attack, in its way an evil act.

"What concerns me is those people are still out there and could do the same sort of thing again.

"At the time, anyone who was there and saw something might not have realised what had happened, and that someone actually died as a result of this."

Mr Bailey, 66, was attacked at the back of Pizza Hut, in Kingsbury Road, Kingsbury, in the early hours of November 27 last year.

Police believe after the attack he staggered along the road towards his home, down Slough Lane and into Lewgars Avenue before finally collapsing on the pavement.

Neighbours found him slumped up against a wall at around 5am, suffering from severe injuries to his arms, shoulders, and chest.

He was taken to Northwick Park Hospital but was discharged, and went back to his home in Boycroft Avenue where he died from his injuries.

Police launched a murder investigation when Mr Bailey was found some three months later in his house, having been dead for some time.

DI Presland said Mr Bailey was found after the attack with a piece of garlic bread, which led them to Pizza Hut and the scene of the vicious attack.

He said anyone with information can come forward anonymously.

He said: "We are not interested what people were doing at the back of Pizza Hut at that time of the morning.

"We just want to know what they saw."

When he was found in Lewgars Avenue, Mr Bailey told three Brent police officers he had been the victim of a robbery.

However, the officers did not log the crime and it was never investigated, so DI Presland and his team are trying to piece together what happened to Mr Bailey that night.

They have offered the reward for information leading to the conviction of Mr Bailey's killers.

Anyone with information can contact DI Presland on 0208 358 0200, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.