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Fourth arrest in M40 murder hunt | Fourth arrest in M40 murder hunt |
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A fourth man has been arrested by detectives investigating the murder of a biker as he drove along the M40. | A fourth man has been arrested by detectives investigating the murder of a biker as he drove along the M40. |
Gerry Tobin, 35, of south London, was shot in the back of the head as he rode home from the Bulldog Bash biker festival in Warwickshire on 12 August. | |
Police arrested a man on Wednesday evening in the Alderman's Green area of Coventry on suspicion of murder. | |
Three more men held on suspicion of murder are still in custody. Officers have also seized "numerous items". | |
Police revealed they had found weapons and were testing a van and two Rover cars. | |
Detectives want to trace a green Rover car seen following himThe three men taken into custody earlier were arrested in raids by armed officers on two addresses in Coventry and one in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. | |
Mr Tobin, who was born in Canada but had lived in the UK for 10 years, was travelling with two friends along the A46 after leaving the Bulldog Bash bikers' festival, held at Long Marston airfield near Stratford-upon-Avon. | |
As he reached the M40, a Rover 600 pulled out from a layby and followed the trio along the motorway for a few miles. | As he reached the M40, a Rover 600 pulled out from a layby and followed the trio along the motorway for a few miles. |
The car then overtook two of the three motorcycles and shots were fired at Mr Tobin, killing him. | The car then overtook two of the three motorcycles and shots were fired at Mr Tobin, killing him. |
Police are trying to trace the car and have made numerous appeals for anyone who thinks they may have seen it travelling along the M40 at the time. |