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22/06/2006
Police continue to question man in Nickell murder case
Police investigating the murder of model Rachel Nickell in 1992 are continuing to question a 40-year-old man about the case.
Ms Nickell, 23, was murdered as she walked on Wimbledon Common with her two-year-old son Alex. She was sexually assaulted and stabbed 49 times.
It is understand that the man being questioned is a convicted sex killer who is currently being detained at Broadmoor secure hospital.
Police have not named the man and he has not been arrested.
The man is being questioned following a breakthrough in DNA testing. A trace of DNA, which could help out rule suspects in the case, was reportedly discovered in September 2004. According to newspaper reports, the discovery was made when Scotland Yard re-examined several unsolved cases using new scientific techniques.
(KMcA/SP)
Ms Nickell, 23, was murdered as she walked on Wimbledon Common with her two-year-old son Alex. She was sexually assaulted and stabbed 49 times.
It is understand that the man being questioned is a convicted sex killer who is currently being detained at Broadmoor secure hospital.
Police have not named the man and he has not been arrested.
The man is being questioned following a breakthrough in DNA testing. A trace of DNA, which could help out rule suspects in the case, was reportedly discovered in September 2004. According to newspaper reports, the discovery was made when Scotland Yard re-examined several unsolved cases using new scientific techniques.
(KMcA/SP)
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