Police probing murder of clergyman exploring 'similarities' with the killing of pensioner, 77, at her home last month

Police investigating the murder of a clergyman in his vicarage are exploring whether there are any similarities between his death and that of a 77-year-old woman in Worcestershire last month.

Police hunting the killer of Betty Yates in Bewdley say they are working with officers investigating the stabbing of the Reverend John Suddards, 59, in Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, last week.

After a tip off from the public, officers this morning arrested drifter Stephen Farrow, 47, at a property in Folkestone, Kent, in connection with the vicar's murder.     Read Here