An 85-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his elderly wife. The ambulance service were called to a flat at King George VI Mansions in Court Farm Road, Hove, East Sussex, on Thursday and found her body.
An elderly man is being questioned on suspicion of murder following the death of a woman in Sussex. Mary Saunders, who was 71, was found dead in her flat in Hove yesterday morning by paramedics. Police say that a mercy-killing is one line of inquiry.
Andy Dickenson reports from the scene.
An 85 year old man is being questioned on suspicion of murder following the death of his wife.
71 year old Mary Saunders was found dead by police and paramedics in the bedroom of her home at King George VI Mansions, Court Farm Road in Hove on Thursday morning.
The woman found dead in her flat in Hove yesterday has been named locally as Mary Saunders.
The 71 year old was discovered by police and paramedics in her bedroom at King George VIMansions, Court Farm Road in Hove.
An 85-year old man was taken from the address to the Royal Sussex County Hospital for treatment for minor injuries and has been arrested on suspicion of murder. He is still in custody for interview andfurther enquiries.
A postmortem examination is due to be held today on the body of a 71 woman found dead at her home in Hove, East Sussex.
She was found in a bedroom of a flat at King George VI Mansions in CourtFarm Road on Thursday. Her cause of death has not yet been established.
The 85 year old man was taken from the flat to the Royal Sussex County Hospitalfor treatment for minor injuries and has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
He remains in custody facing interview.