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Police make major breakthrough after gran ‘stabbed to death with fork’ | UK | News

Police make major breakthrough after gran ‘stabbed to death with fork’ | UK | News

Police have made a major breakthough in the case of a woman who was stabbed to death 32 years ago. Four people have now been arrested in connection with the death of 64-year-old Doreen Morris, who was found dead in her burned-out bungalow on the outskirts of Holyhead in March 1994. Mrs Morris was stabbed to death with a fork after disturbing a burglary at her Anglesey home, Penrhyn Uchaf, a 2023 inquest found. North Wales Police said forensic developments and a detailed review of witness evidence had led to the arrests of a man and three women from North Wales on Wednesday morning (September 2). All four were arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice as part of an ongoing review of the case. Mrs Morris’ family have been informed of the latest development. Joseph Carl Westbury was found not guilty of murdering Mrs Morris in 1995. He also denied breaking into her property on Mill Lane. Mr Westbury took his own life in May 2016. The North Wales Police Major Crime …

Detective accessed police logs for bouncer she had sex with

Detective accessed police logs for bouncer she had sex with

A detective accessed police logs to find information about a bouncer she had had sex with, and then passed it on to him. Det Insp Emma Gardner, 46, also accessed information about three women while working as an officer in Rhyl, North Wales, in 2022. She denied having unauthorised access to computer material, but jurors found her guilty after a trial. Gardner held various roles, including a position within the Protecting Vulnerable People unit, after joining North Wales Police in 2000. Caernarfon Crown Court heard that she had become Facebook friends with the bouncer, and they had had sex twice. Andrew Scott, prosecuting, said the logs had involved “a relatively minor complaint” and “tittle-tattle” relating to the bouncer. In one message to the bouncer, Gardner said: “I have my uses.” Gardner told the jury she had accessed the logs for a policing purpose. She said: “It was purely messages we sent each other. He was a source of support.” She was released on bail and will be sentenced in early September. Judge Timothy Petts warned …