22/10/2015

13-Year-Old Among Five Arrested Over Stabbing Death

A 13-year-old girl is among five people arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the stabbing of a 42-year-old man.

The teenager is being held in connection with the death of Darren Kelly, of Basildon, Essex, alongside a 15-year-old girl, two boys aged 16 and 17 and a 20-year-old man.

A post-mortem examination found that Mr Kelly died from multiple stab wounds and blood loss.

All five suspects remain in police custody.

(MH/CD)

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