A MAN was stabbed to death just weeks before he was due to become a father, it has been revealed.

The 22-year-old, named locally as Mally, was allegedly assaulted in a communal parking area before he was discovered in a nearby street with a serious stomach injury caused by a stab wound.

Police were joined by South East Coast Ambulance Service and Kent Surrey Sussex Air Ambulance.

The man died at the scene, in Temple Hill Square, Dartford on April 2.

His death is being treated as a murder, police confirmed.

A tent was put up at the scene and officers are working to establish the full circumstances of the incident in Temple Hill Square.

The victim’s family has paid tribute to their "loving, funny and playful beautiful boy", who was two weeks away from becoming a dad.

His family vowed to continue his "legacy" and have set up a fundraiser with donations going towards his unborn child.

In a post on social media, the family said: "Right now it’s hard to put the words together. Struggling to find the words to say and writing this with a broken heart.

"This is a fundraiser for our loving, funny and playful beautiful boy whose life and future was stolen in the most disgustingly cruel way.

"He had so much to live for. Just 22-years-old, with his baby due in two weeks. He was just two weeks away from becoming a father for the first time.

"So young with his whole life ahead of him. So many broken hearts. We have lost such a huge part of us."

Two men have since been charged with murder.

"Emanuel Nkrumah-Buansi, aged 22, and Jacob Afolabi, 26, were both remanded in custody and will appear before Medway Magistrates’ Court,” a police spokesman said.

Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate is appealing for information and called for any witnesses who had not already spoken to officers to come forward.