10/09/2014

13-Year-Old Arrested On Suspicion Of Murder

Police in the West Midlands have arrested a 13-year-old boy on suspicion of murder.

On 3rd September, 47-year-old Glynis Bensley was found dead in Cheshire Street in Smethwick.

A post-mortem found that she had died of a head injury.

It is understood that the teenager was arrested after he voluntarily attended a police station on Tuesday.

Another teenager, aged 14, arrested last Thursday, has been released on bail.

(MH/CD)

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