Police allowed more time to question suspected murder suspects

Detectives investigating the fatal knife attack on a 19-year-old man have been given more time to question three suspects.

Norfolk Police were called Ground floor apartment on Lefroy Road in the Mile Cross area of ​​Norwich at 10.40pm BST on Saturday after fears a man had been attacked.

According to police, five arrests were made in connection with the incident.

Following an application at Norwich Magistrates Court, officers were given more time to interview a man and a woman in their 50s and a man in his 20s.

A post-mortem revealed the 19-year-old London man died from a stab wound to the chest and officials believe his body was in the apartment for around 30 minutes Eight days before the police were alerted.

On Wednesday, police arrested a man and a woman in their 50s on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder.

On Wednesday night and into Thursday morning, police made a further three arrests, including a man in his 20s who was arrested on suspicion of murder and supplying controlled drugs, as well as a man in his late teens and a man in his 50s on suspicion of conspiracy to murder.

All five suspects continue to be questioned by police.