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Porsche recovered in murder hunt | Porsche recovered in murder hunt |
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Police in Cheshire have found a sports car thought to belong to a businessman whose Polish girlfriend was discovered beaten to death in a Paris hotel room. | |
Ian Griffin, 39, is at the centre of an international manhunt after 36-year-old Kinga Legg's body was found at the l'Hotel Bristol on Tuesday. | |
Cheshire Police recovered a black Porsche during searches of a property in Warrington connected to Mr Griffin. | |
Surrey Police have also been searching a property as part of the inquiry. | Surrey Police have also been searching a property as part of the inquiry. |
The businessman, who previously owned tanning salons and gadget shops across north west England, is yet to be found. | |
'Internal bleeding' | |
"Cheshire Police can confirm that as a result of inquiries made in the Cheshire area in relation to the murder of King Legg in Paris, a black Porsche has been recovered from a property in Warrington," a spokeswoman said. | |
No further information about the inquiry has been released by the British force. | |
Ms Legg checked into the £1,000-a-night hotel on Monday. Mr Griffin arrived later. | |
Ian Griffin's parents' home was being guarded by police | |
Her body was found by a cleaner the following day. | |
French police said she had died from "internal bleeding caused by multiple blows". | French police said she had died from "internal bleeding caused by multiple blows". |
Mr Griffin, originally from Warrington, previously lived in Knutsford and had several businesses listed in Cheshire. | |
In 2006 he was declared bankrupt at Warrington County Court. | |
Two plain-clothes officers from Cheshire Police were seen standing outside his parents' home in Delph Lane, Winwick, on Friday. | |
Ms Legg owned international company Vegex, which supplied Tesco and other supermarkets with tomatoes. | |
The company has a site in Oxshott, Surrey and Opatówek, Poland. |