Tudor Simionov, 33, posed for a photo with beaming Madalina as they boarded a plane to London
A ROMANIAN bouncer stabbed to death outside a New Year’s Eve party in Mayfair had come to the UK just TWO MONTHS ago in search of a “better life”.
Tudor Simionov, 33, posed for a photo with his beaming girlfriend Madalina as they boarded a plane to London hoping for a brighter future – but weeks later, he was savagely murdered.
Tudor, 33, from Bucharest, was attacked while working as a doorman at a £12.5million central London townhouse.
The security guard was among four people – including a woman – who were knifed in the 5am brawl on billionaire’s row – after a group of male yobs were refused entry to the exclusive bash.
Tudor’s devastated girlfriend revealed how the couple moved to London for a better future and planned to start a family.
She told the : "Right now I can’t think about him in the past.
"He was my future husband and we came to London from Romania for a better life. I can’t explain in words how much pain I am in. "
Pal Dorin Lonut told The Sun Online: "Since he moved to Britain we didn’t talk too much, we were both busy with work – but I saw from posts on Facebook that he was happy.
“Then suddenly I found out the horrible news – he’s been taken far too early.”
He added: “Tudor and Madalina were together a long time and always he always spoke about her when we caught up.
“He talked about her and their time together – I could see he was in love with her.”
Shocking footage captured outside the party shows Tudor being mobbed by thugs seconds before he was stabbed to death.
The Snapchat clip shows a brawl exploding outside the door of a plush property on Mayfair’s Park Lane with a doorman, believed to be Tudor, scrapping with a crowd of men.
The bouncer can be seen swinging punches and kicking the men to the ground as they scrap in front of stunned revellers.
The clip, which has not been verified by cops, ends with members of the mob fleeing the scene while other clubbers are sent flying across the pavement in the mayhem.
After the senseless attack on New Year’s Eve the armed thugs fled into the night while paramedics declared Tudor dead at the scene.
A 26-year-old man has now been arrested on suspicion of murder over the stabbing, Scotland Yard said today.
Club promoter Leroy Rose said Tudor was knifed in the chest when the mob tried to force their way into the club.
Mr Rose said: "It is a place where high end clients come, people with a lot of money.
"The people outside were trying to enter but they weren't allowed in.
"The owner is a very rich man, he is in the public eye. The place works by paying a fee to buy a table."
Mr Rose said the bouncer had actually been placed inside the venue to monitor security but left to help his colleagues by the door after a group of nine or more thugs tried to make their way in.
He said: "There was a fight outside and he came out to help. The security guards were getting beaten up and he went out to help them.
"He helped those guys but he had only been out there for about 30 seconds when he was stabbed in the middle of the chest. .
'I saw him come back inside. I saw him bleeding and I said 'come here, come here' and I took him into the bathroom.
"His suit was covered in blood and it was coming out of his chest. He wasn't wearing a protective vest.
"I grabbed a towel and held the wound. He never said a word to me. I think he was in shock. He only survived for about a minute.
"He died in front of me with his eyes open, staring at me.
"I then went into the hallway and everything was smashed. They had managed to kick down the door. There were other people on the floor stabbed. There was blood all over the floor."
Tudor’s shocked loved ones back in Romania said he was gentle giant who excelled at sports.
One pal described him as a "brave man and hard worker” and someone who "never abused his strength against others”.
Dorin explained his friend had left his native country after excelling at university.
He said: “He was my colleague in the rowing team and he had one many medals in rowing and kick boxing.
"He was very strong – a really good athlete.
“But Tudor also studied a lot in Romania and earned many diplomas from university which was why he graduated and tried his luck for a better life in England.
“We used to meet each other when I went back to home in Romania.
“We would talk and the last time I saw him he came to my nephew’s christening and we spent time together – now he’s gone.”
Cops believe revellers filmed the attack on their phones outside the luxury three-bedroom house which had been hired out especially for the party.
Met Police Detective Chief Inspector Andy Partridge, said: "A number of witnesses have already been spoken to.
“But it is clear many others who were present are yet to be traced, some of whom may have captured the attack on their mobile phones.
"It appears the deceased and the two injured males were working as security staff for the party, they were attacked by a group of males who were outside trying to enter the venue.
"The female was also attacked as she assisted the security staff in closing the front door of the premis
"This shocking incident happened just hours into a New Year, the area was particularly busy with people out celebrating and making their way home from various parties and organised events."
A large police presence remained in the area on Tuesday evening, with at least 12 officers in the area.
In a night of bloodshed a woman became the first murder victim of 2019 after being stabbed to death at a house in Camberwell, London.
Paramedics were called to the address at 4.20am, where the victim in her 30s was declared dead a short while later. A 34-year-old man was arrested at the scene.
Crime statistics for 2018 showed stabbings in the capital up 16 per cent year on year.
Anyone with information on the Park Lane killing is asked to contact the incident room on 0208 358 0300 or officers via 101 quoting reference 3276/1Jan.
Alternatively, they can call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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