Teenager appears in court 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.
Youth charged with Colchester murders
Detectives investigating the deaths of James Attfield and Nahid Almanea have tonight charged a 16-year-old boy from Colchester with their murders - on the authority of the Crown Prosecution Service.
The youth has been remanded in custody to appear before Chelmsford Magistrates Court at 10am tomorrow..
He was arrested on the Salary Brook Trail, in Colchester, just after 11am on Tuesday, May 26, on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon.
Following enquiries by detectives he was further arrested on suspicion of the murders of James and Nahid.
James Attfield was murdered in March last year. The 33-year-old, also known as Jim, was found on the Riverside Path in Colchester in the early hours of Saturday, March 29, with more than 100 stab wounds to his body.
Nahid Almanea, a student at the University of Essex, was murdered on Tuesday, June 17, 2014 on the Salary Brook Trail in Colchester as she walked from her student accommodation in nearby Woodrow Way to the university complex in Wivenhoe.
The 31-year-old is believed to have been attacked at around 10.40am and died as a result of stab wounds.
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Teenager appears in court over Colchester murders
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