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08/08/2012
Man Arrested In Connection With Taxi Stabbing
An arrest has been made in connection with a woman stabbed to death in a taxi yesterday morning in Birmingham.
Police investigating the murder of a 22-year-old victim, who has not been named, have confirmed the arrest of a 28-year-old man.
She is believed to have been in a relationship with her attacker, detectives said.
They said the man was found in the garden of a house on Allens Farm just after 18:00 yesterday evening.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, at the junction of Dimsdale Road and Hoggs Lane.
The taxi driver alerted the police when the male passenger attacked his female companion, before running off.
(H/GK)
Police investigating the murder of a 22-year-old victim, who has not been named, have confirmed the arrest of a 28-year-old man.
She is believed to have been in a relationship with her attacker, detectives said.
They said the man was found in the garden of a house on Allens Farm just after 18:00 yesterday evening.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, at the junction of Dimsdale Road and Hoggs Lane.
The taxi driver alerted the police when the male passenger attacked his female companion, before running off.
(H/GK)
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