Detectives investigating the murder of a teenager in Peterborough have made five arrests, including a man from Margate.
A 23-year-old man from Peterborough was arrested yesterday evening (22 September) on suspicion of the murder of 19-year-old Ben Procter, of Peterborough and possessing a bladed article in a public place.
Three other men – aged 28 from Margate, 35 from Netherton, Dudley, and 36, of no fixed abode but of the West Midlands, were arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.
All four men are currently being held in custody in Staffordshire.
Last week Ako Mohammad, 33, of Lincoln Road, Peterborough, was charged with murder and appeared at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on 18 September.
He was remanded and is due to appear at Cambridge Crown Court on 18 October.
Ben died on Sunday, 16 September, after he had collapsed at a car compound. He had suffered a head injury and was pronounced dead at 12.36am the following day.
A post-mortem examination was carried out and returned inconclusive pending further tests.