A teenager was arrested today over the double murder of a couple who were shot dead in their seaside retreat in a suspected revenge killing.
Joan and John Stirland, who allegedly fled their Nottingham home after it was attacked by gunmen, were found dead in their bungalow in Trusthorpe, Lincolnshire, earlier this month.
A 19-year-old man from Nottingham was arrested in connection with the killing and will be interviewed by detectives in Lincolnshire later today, a police spokesman said.
The Stirlands were executed in a suspected revenge killing after Mrs Stirland’s son, Michael O’Brien, was convicted of murdering an innocent man.
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O’Brien is serving a life sentence for the murder of Marvyn Bradshaw, whom he shot dead in a car outside the Sporting Chance pub in Top Valley, Nottingham.
Mr Bradshaw is believed to have been a victim of mistaken identity and the intended target of the shooting is thought to have been 19-year-old Jamie Gunn.
Mr Gunn died two weeks ago of pneumonia after spiralling into depression following the murder of his best friend.