05/10/2009

Murder Charge Over Christmas Body Find

Police investigating the death of a Lithuanian man whose body was found in a field in Leicestershire on Christmas Day last year have charged a man with murder.

The body of Gediminas Kristukas, 23, was found by a dog walker in a field near Quenby Hall, Hungarton on Christmas morning last year.

According to reports, his car, a blue Audi A6 with Lithuanian number plates, remains missing.

Gintaris Kuzmarskis, 18, was arrested in the French port of Calais on Friday and was returned to the UK.

He was interviewed by Leicestershire police over the weekend and was charged with murder on Sunday evening. He has also been charged with a number of other offences relating to the same incident.

Mr Kuzmarskis has been remanded in custody to appear before Leicester Magistrates Court on Monday.

Officers are still following a number of lines of enquiry in the case, both in the UK and Lithuania.

(KMcA/BMcC)

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