13/09/2010

Father And Daughter Died From Stab Wounds

A teenage girl and her father who were both found dead at their home in Essex at the weekend, both died from stab wounds, a post-mortem has revealed.

Costas Pierides, 48, died at the family's home in Prayors Hill, Sible Hedingham, on Saturday morning. His 16-year-old daughter Margaret was also seriously injured and she was taken to hospital, but later died.

Essex Police have launched an investigation, but they have said that they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the inquiry.

According to reports, Margaret had had a difficult relationship with her father, but the pair are believed to have recently been getting along better.

The teenager is understood to have returned home recently after spending some time in a hostel.

Mr Pierides was a director of Door 2 Door, an independent ambulance company, based in Tottenham, north London.

(KMcA)

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