04/10/2007

More Time Granted To Quiz M40 Suspects

Police investigating the murder of biker Gerry Tobin on the M40 in Warwickshire in August have been given more time to question three suspects.

Warwickshire Police have been granted an additional 12 hours to question the three men who were arrested on Wednesday.

A 44-year-old man was arrested at his home in Aldermans Green in Coventry, while a 45-year-old was arrested on a narrow boat moored on the Coventry Canal near to Aldermans Green in Coventry. A third man, aged 52, was arrested at his home in Milton Keynes by officers from Thames Valley Police on behalf of Warwickshire Police.

Mr Tobin, from south London, died after he was shot while travelling home from the Bulldog Bash bikers' festival at Long Marston airfield, near Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire.

Four people have been charged with his murder and are currently remanded in custody.

(KMcA)


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