British police grill second suspect over prostitute murders
By Janet Tim,WNS UK Correspondent
IPSWICH - Police have arrested a second suspect over the murder of five prostitutes whose naked corpses were dumped around the quiet Suffolk town, gripped by fear of a serial killer. The 48-year-old man was arrested in a pre-dawn raid on the edge of the red light district of Ipswich, less than 24 hours after a first suspect, a local supermarket worker, was arrested in a village a few miles away. "He has been arrested on suspicion of murdering all five women," said Suffolk Police Detective Chief Superintendent Stewart Gull of the new suspect, who reportedly lived in a bedsit in a run-down street near the centre of town.
Both suspects were taken to police stations where they were questioned about the murders of five sex workers whose bodies were found within 10 days earlier this month. The murder victims were Ipswich prostitutes Gemma Adams, 25, Tania Nicol, 19, 24-year-olds Anneli Alderton and Paula Clennell, and 29-year-old Annette Nicholls. Alderton was strangled and Clennell died of compression to the neck. "The man is currently in custody at a police station in Suffolk where he will be questioned about the deaths later today," Gull said of the new arrest, adding that police would not say where exactly the man was being held. The second suspect was arrested near the red light district near Ipwsich Town Football Club's Portman Road ground in the town centre. The nearby residential London Road was cordoned off by police officers in high-visibility jackets, while forensics experts in full-length white body suits could be seen coming and going. A large white tent was erected at number 79, and a dark blue family car was taken away.
Citing sources, Sky News television said the second suspect lives on his own in a bedsit and was a client of some of the women. Gull meanwhile confirmed that the 37-year-old first suspect who was arrested at his home in the nearby quiet village of Trimley on Monday, remains in custody. Police have refused to identify him, but national media reports name him as local supermarket worker Tom Stephens. Detectives have already been granted an extra 12 hours to grill him, and so have until Friday morning before they must either charge him or release him.
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