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BREAKING NEWS: Man arrested after discovery of body in hunt for Tia Sharp

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The partner of the grandmother of 12-year-old Tia Sharp has been arrested on suspicion of murder..

A Scotland Yard spokesman said that Stuart Hazell, 37, was arrested in a public place at 8.25pm in the south London borough of Merton after he was identified by a member of the public.

“He is currently in custody at a South London police station,” added the spokesman.

Scotland Yard launched a murder inquiry after the discovery of a body the home of Tia Sharp’s grandmother in London.

Tia’s father, Steven Carter, aged 30, is from Moulton, near Northampton, and has been in London helping to search for the misssing schoolgirl, along with her grandfather.

A spokesman said: “The family of Tia Sharp has been informed of the discovery.”

The grim announcement about the body came just a few hours after police began a forensic search of Tia’s grandmother Christine Sharp’s terraced house.

Hazell, who was interviewed by police as a witness on Wednesday but then released, claimed Tia had set off for the Whitgift Centre in Croydon last Friday to buy flip-flops having spent Thursday night alone with him while her grandmother was at work.

Mrs Sharp, who left her home with police shortly before today’s search began, told reporters this morning her boyfriend was out helping in the search.


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