Boy, 16, held in murder probe as teenage girl found dead

By David Barrett, Home Affairs Correspondent

1:00PM GMT 25 Jan 2014

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A 16-year-old boy is being questioned by murder squad detectives after the body of a teenage girl was found in an upmarket commuter belt town.

The 17-year-old victim, who was discovered in a flat above a Sainsbury’s Local shop in Oxted, Surrey, was believed to have been stabbed.

Sources said the teenagers knew each other but their exact relationship remained unclear.

Paramedics attended the scene in Amy Road, Oxted, on Friday evening but the girl was pronounced dead at the scene, and police immediately launched the murder investigation.

The entrance to the flats, a three-storey 1930s mansion block, was blocked by a police cordon and forensics officers wearing white boiler suits were seen entering the property.

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A spokesman for Surrey Police said the 16-year-old was being held on suspicion of murder.

On social media websites it was reported the victim had been stabbed but police refused to be drawn on how the girl died.

The family of the teenager have been informed of her death and were being comforted by family and friends.

One neighbour, who refused to be named, said: “It’s a very unusual occurrence in a place like Oxted.

“It’s shocking and sad a young girl has lost her life.”

The police spokesman said: “A murder investigation has been launched by the Surrey and Sussex Major Crime Team following the death of a 17-year-old girl in Oxted.

“Officers were called to an address on Amy Road at around 5.20pm on Friday after the body of a girl was discovered at the property.

“A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is currently in police custody.

“We are unable to give details of cause of death until we have post-mortem examination results.”

A post mortem examination will be carried out by a Home Office pathologist in the next few days.

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Teenage girl found dead was stabbed

Police at the murder scene in Amy Road in Oxted, Surrey Photo: Ian Whittaker/INS News Agency By Claire Carter

10:09AM GMT 27 Jan 2014

A 17-year-old girl who was found dead at a building died after being stabbed, a post mortem has revealed.

A 16-year-old boy has been sectioned under the Mental Health Act after being arrested on suspicion of murder.

Police launched a murder investigation after the body was discovered at a flat above a cycle shop in Amy Road, Oxted, Surrey, at about 5.20pm on Friday.

Officers confirmed a post mortem revealed the teenager had died from a stab wound.

Claire Pridgeon, Detective Chief Inspector at Surrey and Sussex Police, said: "This is a tragic loss of a young girl's life and our thoughts are with her family at this extremely difficult time.

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"Specialist officers are supporting the family and will continue to do so throughout the investigation.

"This is being treated as an isolated incident and the local community will be provided reassurance by the Tandridge Safer Neighbourhood Team, who will be out in the area speaking to residents.

"The investigation is a complex one and inquiries will continue at the address on Amy Road for the coming days. I would like to thank local residents for their support so far."

The boy remains on police bail and has been transferred to a secure hospital.

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A 61-year-old man is accused of killing his 73-year-old wife after she had recently returned home from hospital having suffered a stroke.

After murdering Carol French in the bedroom of the couple's home, Douglas Harry Morton, 61, took his own life in the bathroom.

Murder Squad detectives are treating the deaths as a suspected murder suicide.

The bodies of a couple were found in their pretty, modern terrace home just before 9am yesterday after police were alerted over concerns about their welfare.

Inside the home in Stormont Road near Clapham Common in south west London officers found the lifeless body of Ms French in a first-floor bedroom and the body of Mr Morton in a first-floor bathroom.

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Neighbours in the leafy street said they were "shocked" at the death of the "lovely couple".

A neighbour, who declined to be named, said: "She had a stroke, she had been in hospital for it and had got out and been in rehab.

"They are both retired, they seemed like a nice, normal couple. He was nice, he used to help his neighbours out and dropped a newspaper around to his next door neighbour's house.

"He wasn't in bad health, he seemed fine. Obviously we are all really shocked, it is just so sad. We hadn't noticed them rowing."

Another neighbour who declined to be named, said: "They were a lovely couple. I didn't notice any arguments or anything, they seemed very nice.

"I think they were retired, I haven't noticed any family go and visit them, I don't think they had any family.

"I know she had recently got out of hospital. It is such a shock, very sad. They seemed lovely."

A man who lives next door added: "It is a terrible shock, she had been in hospital. They were lovely, I never expected this would happen. I'm just in shock."

Another neighbour who lives across the road, said: "It is absolutely awful, very sad. I didn't really know them, but they moved here a few years ago.

"I just noticed that they laid out a lovely lawn when they moved here. I looked out of the window and saw police there."

Uniformed police officers remain at the couple's home today.

Scotland Yard earlier confirmed a murder investigation has been launched and post-mortem examinations are due to take place soon.

It said at this stage, the death of the woman is being treated as suspicious, while the death of the man is being treated as non-suspicious.

No-one else is being sought in connection with the incident.

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By Patrick Sawer

6:02PM GMT 16 Nov 2013

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Police are investigating a murder after a body was found dumped at the bottom of a garden well.

Two gardeners made the grisly discovery while working in the grounds of a house in Warlingham, near Croydon, on Friday.

Seven men have been arrested on suspicion of murder.

The body was recovered with the help of police divers after a protracted operation.

It has been removed from the scene and a post mortem is to be held on Sunday at East Surrey Hospital.

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The body was recovered with the help of police divers after a protracted operation

Scotland Yard said the two workmen found the body as they were clearing the front garden of the large property in Audley Drive, which stands in an acre of grounds in the commuter town.

Detective Chief Inspector Cliff Lyons said: "It is a murder investigation. As far as I am concerned, when a body is found in a well it either fell in there or was placed in there, and the evidence is apparent that the body was placed in there."

He said it was not possible to be sure of the body's gender, but, judging by the size, it was most likely to be an adult, not a child. The person was white.

He added: "It's not been there for an extended period of time; it will be a matter of weeks at the most."

Police were not prepared to discuss who lived in the house, or a suggestion that the body was wrapped in a carpet.

Asked about claims by local residents that there had been trouble at the house in the past couple of years, and that police had been called on numerous occasions, DCI Lyons said: "The residents have expressed concern, there is intelligence to support that notion, yes."

Neighbours said the house where the body was found is owned by a Greek Cypriot family who run a garage nearby and use it to house casual workers from Eastern Europe.

Jean Summers, 81, said: "There are always different people coming and going from there. They work in a garage round the corner. But it sounds like some of them fell out and there's been some sort of trouble."

One retired policeman, who lives on the street, said the area was relatively crime free and the discovery of the body had come as a shock to residents.

He said: "It's a very quiet area, but I'm afraid the transient workers who live in that house have caused a few problems, throwing empty drink bottles in the street, arguing loudly, that sort of thing."

Those arrested were held on Saturday night, and are aged between 21 and 27.

Police have appealed for anyone who had concerns about a person who has gone missing, especially if they had connections to that area, to come forward.

Anyone with information is urged to call police on 020 8721 4961 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.

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Seven men aged between 21 and 27 have been arrested on suspicion of murder. They have been bailed to a date in late December, pending further investigation, a Scotland Yard spokesman said.

A post-mortem examination is due to take place today at East Surrey Hospital mortuary.

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He appealed for anyone who had concerns about a person who has gone missing, especially if they had connections to that area, to come forward.

Anyone with information is urged to call police on 020 8721 4961 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.

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