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Murderer on day release sought over killing | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
A "dangerous" man being sought by police probing the death a businessman killed protecting a neighbour, was a murderer on day release. | |
Ian John McLoughlin, 55, is wanted over the death of Graham Buck, 66, in Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, on Saturday. | |
Mr Buck was protecting Francis Cory-Wright, who indecently assaulting a 10-year-old boy in the 1970s. | |
McLoughlin is 22 years into a 25-year sentence for murder, Hertfordshire Police said. | |
His was currently serving his sentence at the Category D HMP Spring Hill, near Aylesbury. | |
Detectives stressed Mr Buck and Mr Cory-Wright were neighbours and "not connected in any other way". | |
Mr Cory-Wright, who is in his late 80s, was jailed for 30 months in 2011 for assaulting the boy. | Mr Cory-Wright, who is in his late 80s, was jailed for 30 months in 2011 for assaulting the boy. |
The former Lloyds underwriter is currently being treated in hospital for injuries he sustained during the attack. | |
It is understood Mr Cory-Wright and McLoughlin know each other from prison. | |
'Gone through a lot' | |
A police spokeswoman said: "It is believed that the victim has been murdered after coming to the aid of a neighbour." | A police spokeswoman said: "It is believed that the victim has been murdered after coming to the aid of a neighbour." |
Det Ch Insp Martin Brunning, from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire major crime unit, said: "We are continuing to treat the death as murder. | Det Ch Insp Martin Brunning, from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire major crime unit, said: "We are continuing to treat the death as murder. |
"We urgently want to speak to Ian McLoughlin in connection with this offence." | "We urgently want to speak to Ian McLoughlin in connection with this offence." |
He is described as white, about 6ft (1.8m) tall, with straight, greying, collar-length hair and of average build. | He is described as white, about 6ft (1.8m) tall, with straight, greying, collar-length hair and of average build. |
He is believed to have been wearing sunglasses, blue jeans or three-quarter length trousers and a dark blue, light blue and white checked short-sleeved shirt with a button-down collar. | He is believed to have been wearing sunglasses, blue jeans or three-quarter length trousers and a dark blue, light blue and white checked short-sleeved shirt with a button-down collar. |
Anyone with information has been urged to contact police or Crimestoppers. | Anyone with information has been urged to contact police or Crimestoppers. |
Dave Watson, a local landscape gardener, said Mr Cory-Wright had "gone through a lot in his life". | |
"I think Graham had been a good neighbour to Francis and was looking out for him like a lot of people would do around here," he said. | |
Extra patrols are being carried out in the area surrounding the murder scene. | Extra patrols are being carried out in the area surrounding the murder scene. |
Before Mr Cory-Wright was imprisoned, St Albans Crown Court was told the abuse had taken place over a summer when he took the boy into the countryside to go shooting and fishing. | |