Arrests After Murder and Stabbing in Shipley

By Daniel Lynch, Edward Watson and Emma Wilkinson

A 26-year-old man is in police custody after a woman was found dead in her home and a schoolboy was stabbed in the chest.





The suspect is related to 84-year-old Louisa Denby, who was found in an upstairs bedroom of her home on Prospect Mount at around midnight having suffered multiple stab wounds.

The house where Louisa Denby was found last night

The boy, nine, was taken to Leeds General Infirmary and was expected to undergo surgery this morning after being attacked in a skate park in the Windhill area of the town at around 4.40pm yesterday.

Police patrol the park in Shipley where a 9-year-old boy was stabbed

Police also revealed at a press conference, that within ten minutes of the stabbing of the young boy, an eight-year-old girl was also chased through her garden by a man matching the suspect's description.

The man reportedly fled when she ran screaming into her house on Prospect Grove, not far from the skate park. She was not hurt.

Four other men are also being questioned - a second 26-year-old has been arrested in connection with the murder of Louisa Denby while three men aged 18, 24 and 29 have been arrested in connection with the stabbing in the skate park. 

Police believe all three incidents are linked but are still appealing to the public for any further information.

But they don't believe the 9-year-old boy and the 84-year-old know each other or are related.

A local mum whose son is friends with the young boy, told BCB of her shock when she found out what had happened: