BRITAIN: Man arrested after Oxford academic is found murdered.POLICE hunting the killer of an academic murdered in her flat were last night granted permission to continue questioning a 42-year-old man. Officers were given a further 24 hours to hold the man, who was arrested on Saturday at a property in Faringdon, Oxfordshire, in connection with the murder of Dr Barbara Johnston. Dr Johnston, 55, was found strangled stran·gle v. stran·gled, stran·gling, stran·gles v.tr. 1. a. To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle. b. and stabbed 49 times at her flat in Oxford's quiet northern suburbs on Thursday. She had returned to the UK just four months ago after working for 23 years in New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , where she described her life as "peaceful and safe". It is understood the man was arrested after his name came up during the course of the investigation. But he is not thought to have been a direct associate of Dr Johnston's. Yesterday, scenes of crimes police were scouring scouring characterized by scour. scouring disease a colloquial name for secondary nutritional copper deficiency. the suspect's home. Outside the house forensic experts checked drains and filled bags with items from the rear garden. The murder weapon, thought to be a knife, has not yet been recovered. Officers battered down the door of Dr Johnston's one-bedroom flat just off Woodstock Road For the road in Belfast, see . Woodstock Road is a major road in Oxford, England, running from St Giles' to the south, north towards Woodstock through the leafy suburb of North Oxford and Summertown. at 1am on Thursday after her parents raised the alarm and found the body. The couple, from Walsall in the West Midlands, had been unable to contact her and grew concerned. CAPTION(S): Dr Barbara Johnston, who was found stabbed 49 times and strangled at her Oxford flat |
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