Wanted man arrested in connection with Brighton murder

Surrey and Sussex Major Crime Team had issued an appeal to help locate Dushane Meikel, 27, who they wanted to speak to in connection with the death of 24-year-old Billy Henham.

Author: Jo SymesPublished 22nd Jun 2021

A man wanted in connection with a murder in Brighton has been arrested by Specialist Enforcement Officers in Hove on Monday night (21st June).

Detectives from the Surrey and Sussex Major Crime Team had issued an appeal to help locate Dushane Meikel, 27, who they wanted to speak to in connection with the death of 24-year-old Billy Henham.

Two men aged 25 and 27 were also arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender and all three are in custody.

Billy's body was discovered at a disused building in North Street, Brighton on Thursday 2 January 2020, after officers attended the property following a report of concern for a person.

Three other men have been charged with the murder of Billy.

These are Alize Spence, 18, of Makepeace Road, Ealing, Lamech Gordon-Carew, 20, of Cheeseman Close, Hampton and Gregory Hawley, 28, of no fixed address.

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