No charges over 1967 child death

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Two men arrested in connection with the murder of a boy in Brighton in 1967 will not be charged.

Sussex Police said officers were still investigating the case but that two men from Manchester and Brighton were no longer considered to be suspects.

The pair, aged 55 and 56, were arrested in July and released on police bail.

The body of Keith Lyon, 12, was found on a grass bank near a bridle path between Ovingdean and Woodingdean villages. He had been stabbed to death.

On Monday, a Sussex Police spokesman said: "The police investigation is still active and inquiries are ongoing."

Brother's appeal

The 1960s murder inquiry was among the biggest murder investigations ever in Sussex, the force said.

Officers took fingerprints from more than 5,000 youths, and while there were a number of potential suspects no-one was charged.

The case has been subject to several reviews over the years and was featured on Crimewatch in 2000 and 2001, when Keith's father Kenneth Lyon made several appeals.

Mr Lyon, a professional musician, died in 1991, and his wife, Valda, died in 2005.

Keith's brother, Peter, who was seven at the time of the death, made fresh appeals this year to find the killer.

On the day he was killed, Keith had gone to a shop, in his grammar school uniform, to buy a geometry set.

He was stabbed 11 times in the chest, back and abdomen with a serrated kitchen knife.