11/09/2014

Police Seek More Time To Question Leygreen Farm Murder Suspect

Police have requested more time to hold a 36-year-old-man arrested in connection with the murder of Penelope Davis.

Mrs Davis (47) was found dead in a field at Leygreen Farm, Beaulieu, on 02 September.

She died from multiple stab wounds.

Police arrested a man on Tuesday on suspicion of murder and have now applied to the magistrates for more time to hold him while they continue their investigation.

A 24-year-old woman, named as Leanne Doyle of Beech Crescent in Hythe, jad been charged with assisting an offender and perverting the course of justice, and bailed to appear again on 01 October.

(MH/CD)

Related UK National News Stories
Click here for the latest headlines.

08 December 2004
UK-wide rise in time taken to save for first house
It takes first time buyers six months longer to save for a house deposit when compared to the first quarter of 2004 and one year nine months longer than in 1994.
20 February 2013
Fish And Chips Fight Landlord Fined For Wasting Police Time
The pub landlord who alleged he fought off four attackers while keeping hold of his fish and chips, has withdrawn his statement and been fined for wasting police time. 37-year-old John Wood claims he was stabbed with a screwdriver near Frank's fish and chip shop in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
04 June 2008
Police Granted Extra Time To Question Murder Suspect
Police have been granted extra time to question the man suspected of stabbing a young girl to death. Arsema Dawit, who had turned 15 on Friday, suffered multiple stab wounds resulting in her death, a post mortem found.
16 September 2013
Christopher Jefferies Receives Police Apology
Avon and Somerset Constabulary have written to Christopher Jefferies to acknowledge that he played "no part" in the murder of Joanna Yeates. Jefferies was the former landlord of Ms Yeates and was arrested following her death in December 2010.
29 March 2011
Two Women Found Dead In Sheffield
The bodies of a mother and daughter have been found at a house in Hemsworth, in Sheffield. The discovery was made by police at an address on Ironside Road at 0740 BST. A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is being questioned by police. The area around the property has been sealed off.