A HAMPSHIRE man arrested over a savage murder 30 years ago has been taken to another county for further questioning.
The 58-year-old was arrested in Fareham earlier this week in connection with the killing of Sally McGrath and seven other linked serious sexual offences in the 1970s. He was held in the town’s police station, but has now been taken to Cambridgeshire as detectives continue to investigate the murder of the 22-year-old.
Sally was last seen alive at about 3pm on July 11, 1979, at the Bull Hotel, in Westgate, Peterborough, in the company of a man.
Her body, naked except for a pair of boots, was found on March 1, 1980, partially buried in Wild Boar Spinney, at Castor Hanglands, to the west of the city.
A post-mortem examination revealed that she died from a blunt force injury to her head but it is not known what caused the injury.
Sally was living with her parents in Towler Street, Peterborough, at the time.
The arrested man is now in custody at Thorpe Wood police station after being brought to the city.
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