Friday 22 August 2008

Police arrest 6th suspect over French students case

Police arrested a sixth suspect on Thursday in connection with the frenzied murders of two French students, which caused shock on both sides of the Channel.

London's Metropolitan Police said they had arrested a 28-year-old man for attempting to pervert the course of justice after he presented himself at a south London police station. He has been bailed to return on August 25.

Last week, police charged Nigel Farmer, 33, and Daniel Sonnex, 23, with the murders of 23-year-old students Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez.

Farmer was additionally charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice and arson while Sonnex was also charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice.

Another man and a woman have also been arrested and freed on bail but were not charged.

Police have previously described the June 29 murders as among the most gruesome crimes they have ever encountered. The pair were tied up, Bonomo was stabbed almost 200 times, Ferez had nearly 50 knife wounds and the apartment was set ablaze.

The slayings took place at a time when there has been a wave of knife crime in London, drawing attention from the media and politicians with French newspapers saying the murders showed how dangerous London has become.

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