10/09/2014

Police Investigating New Forest Murder Arrest Second Man

Police investigating the murder of a woman found dead in the New Forest have arrested a second man.

47-year-old Penelope Davis was found with multiple stab wounds in a field at Leygreen Farm in Beaulieu on 2nd September.

Police arrested a 36-year-old man on Tuesday evening in Southampton in connection with the murder.

Another man, aged 22, has been released on police bail.

Police have also issued an appeal for anyone who may have seen Mrs Davis's dark green Toyota Land Cruiser as it travelled between the Sainsbury's in Hampton Lane in Blackfield, where Mrs Davis worked, to the field at Leygreen Farm, where she is believed to have been tending her horses.

A £5,000 reward for information leading to a conviction has been offered by Crimestoppers.

(MH/CD)

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