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Babes in Wood father is arrested | |
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The father of one of the Babes in the Wood murder victims has been arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing his daughter before she died. | |
Barrie Fellows, 59, was arrested at his home in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. Douglas Judd, 44, who is said to be a family friend was arrested in Brighton. | |
They are both being held on suspicion of sexually assaulting Nicola Fellows. | |
The strangled bodies of Nicola and Karen Hadaway were found in Wild Park in Brighton in 1986. | |
A spokeswoman for Sussex Police said the investigation was "quite distinct from the ongoing unresolved inquiry into the Wild Park murders, commonly known as the 'Babes in the Wood' murders". | A spokeswoman for Sussex Police said the investigation was "quite distinct from the ongoing unresolved inquiry into the Wild Park murders, commonly known as the 'Babes in the Wood' murders". |
The men are being questioned over abuse that is alleged to have been carried out in the 1980s. | |
Nicola, 10, and Karen, nine, both from Moulsecoomb, were last seen alive on the afternoon of 9 October, 1986. Their bodies were found the next day. | |
Russell Bishop, then 19, was acquitted of the murders in the following year. | Russell Bishop, then 19, was acquitted of the murders in the following year. |
After a review of the case, Sussex Police said in 2006 that there was not enough new evidence to prosecute any possible suspects. | After a review of the case, Sussex Police said in 2006 that there was not enough new evidence to prosecute any possible suspects. |