Police arrest teenager over two Colchester murders

Essex police have arrested a 16-year old boy from Colchester in connection with the murders of James Attfield and Nahid Almanea.

The teenager was arrested on the Salary Brook Trail in Colchester on May 26 on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon.

Following enquiries he has now been arrested on suspicion of both murders and is in custody at Colchester Police station.

James Attfield, who was murdered in March 2014, was found with more than 100 stab wounds on the Riverside Path in Colchester.

Nahid Almanea was also stabbed in June 2014 on the Salary Brook Trail as she walked to her student accommodation nearby.