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Germany arrest over gamer death | Germany arrest over gamer death |
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A man arrested by police in Germany on suspicion of the murder of an internet gaming enthusiast in Nottingham is facing extradition proceedings. | |
Matthew Pyke, 20, was found stabbed in his flat above the Orange Tree pub on North Sherwood Street on Friday. | Matthew Pyke, 20, was found stabbed in his flat above the Orange Tree pub on North Sherwood Street on Friday. |
A 21-year-old man from Limburg was arrested on Wednesday in Hunfelden by officers from West-Hessen Police. | A 21-year-old man from Limburg was arrested on Wednesday in Hunfelden by officers from West-Hessen Police. |
Nottinghamshire Police said the man, who has not been named, was now in Frankfurt for the extradition hearing. | |
A force spokeswoman added: "We are questioning him with German police." | |
Officers in England and Germany said the arrested man knew the victim through an online games forum. | Officers in England and Germany said the arrested man knew the victim through an online games forum. |
'Extensively interviewed' | |
Mr Pyke, originally from Stowmarket in Suffolk, ran a web forum for the Nintendo game Advance Wars on which gamers could chat online with each other about tactics, characters and plots. | |
He had lived in the city for two years and was about to start a degree at Nottingham Trent University. | |
In a statement released through Nottinghamshire Police on Thursday, a spokesman for the German force said: "Limburg-Weilburg police have arrested a 21-year-old man from the rural district of Limburg on suspicion of murder. | |
"He was arrested by officers from the West-Hessen police headquarters in Hunfelden on suspicion that on 19 September he killed a man in Nottingham with a knife. | "He was arrested by officers from the West-Hessen police headquarters in Hunfelden on suspicion that on 19 September he killed a man in Nottingham with a knife. |
"They got to know each other through the internet. | "They got to know each other through the internet. |
"The man has been extensively interviewed by Limburg CID at the petition of the public prosecutor." | |
Officers said the joint investigation between Nottinghamshire Police and the German force was still continuing. | |