British police arrest man over murder of London teacher Sabina Nessa
- The Metropolitan Police said the suspect had been detained early on Sunday, in a ‘significant’ development’ in the case
- The teacher, 28, had been walking to meet a friend at a pub near her home when she was attacked in Cator Park, Kidbrooke, on September 17
The Metropolitan Police said the suspect had been detained at around 3am on Sunday and is in police custody. Investigators had released closed circuit TV images of a man on Thursday and said they urgently wished to speak to him. They also released images of a silver car.
The Met said that the balding man is believed to have been carrying a reflective red object that he may have been trying to conceal up his sleeve.
The image was captured as he walked through Pegler Square in Kidbrooke, southeast London, where Nessa had been heading on the evening she died.
Scotland Yard would not confirm if the suspect was the man in the footage, but it is understood investigators are no longer seeking him.
Detective chief inspector Neil John, from the Met's Specialist Crime Command, said: “Sabina's family have been informed of this significant development and they continue to be supported by specialist officers.”
