Three more people have been arrested by police officers investigating the murder of a man on the Powys/Shropshire border.
The two women and a man were arrested in the Leominster area on Wednesday morning in connection with the death of George Black, 41, of Bucknell near Knighton, on December 8.
Pawnbroker Mr Black suffered severe burns in a fire at his house at The Square and died in hospital in Liverpool on December 10.
A woman from the Leominster area has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempting to pervert the course of justice. The other woman and a man were also arrested on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice and assisting an offender.
Two men from the Leominster area, Robert William James Field and Gareth Edward Powell, have already been charged with Mr Black’s murder.
They are jointly charged with murdering George Black between December 7 and 11, and with arson at his Bucknell home on December 8 with intent to endanger the life of Sylvia Marie Smith.
Sylvia Smith was admitted to another hospital with severe burns but has since been discharged.
