JULIA MURDER: MAN ARRESTED

Forensics team search house

-  Dan Warburton

DETECTIVES hunting the killer of Julia James yesterday arrested a man – 11 days after the PCSO was bludgeoned to death.

The mum-of-two, 53, was found with serious head injuries on April 27 on a footpath in woodland near her home.

Officers yesterday confirmed a man in his 20s was arrested around eight miles from where police community support officer Julia was killed walking her dog in Snowdown, Kent.

Forensic teams were seen combing a house in Aylesham, near Canterbury, “linked to inquiries”. Officers arrived at the home between 9pm and 10pm on Friday, then quizzed neighbours.

Estate agent Annabel Pomeroy, 25, who lives across the road, said: “I saw the officers and tape when I woke up. Then forensics came at about 9am and they were there for about five hours.”