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| Millionaire and one of UK's richest men, Sir Richard Sutton, stabbed to death at country mansion | Millionaire and one of UK's richest men, Sir Richard Sutton, stabbed to death at country mansion |
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| A murder inquiry has been launched after one of the UK's richest men has been stabbed to death at his mansion in southwest England, while a woman reported to be his wife has been left in critical condition. | A murder inquiry has been launched after one of the UK's richest men has been stabbed to death at his mansion in southwest England, while a woman reported to be his wife has been left in critical condition. |
| Sir Richard Sutton, an 83-year-old hotelier worth hundreds of millions of pounds, was attacked at his home in the Higher Langham area, near Gillingham, Dorset on Wednesday night. | Sir Richard Sutton, an 83-year-old hotelier worth hundreds of millions of pounds, was attacked at his home in the Higher Langham area, near Gillingham, Dorset on Wednesday night. |
| Sutton was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after the attack, while a woman in her 60s is seriously ill after being stabbed. She was airlifted to Southmead Hospital in Bristol for treatment. | Sutton was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after the attack, while a woman in her 60s is seriously ill after being stabbed. She was airlifted to Southmead Hospital in Bristol for treatment. |
| A 34-year-old man from Gillingham who was known to the millionaire has been arrested on suspicion of murder and was taken to hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, Dorset Police said in a statement. | A 34-year-old man from Gillingham who was known to the millionaire has been arrested on suspicion of murder and was taken to hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, Dorset Police said in a statement. |
| Police traced the suspect, who had fled by car to Hammersmith in West London, where he was detained several hours after the initial incident. | Police traced the suspect, who had fled by car to Hammersmith in West London, where he was detained several hours after the initial incident. |
| A cordon and a heavy police presence remain in place at Sutton's address in Dorset. | A cordon and a heavy police presence remain in place at Sutton's address in Dorset. |
| Photographs by local media show a knife, discarded clothes and a passport in the Chiswick area of London on Wednesday night, where the suspect was reportedly arrested following a car crash. | Photographs by local media show a knife, discarded clothes and a passport in the Chiswick area of London on Wednesday night, where the suspect was reportedly arrested following a car crash. |
| Sutton and his family's wealth totalled an estimated £301 million ($413 million), according to the 2020 Sunday Times Rich List. | Sutton and his family's wealth totalled an estimated £301 million ($413 million), according to the 2020 Sunday Times Rich List. |
| His property empire reportedly included the Sheraton Grand London Park Lane hotel and the Athenaeum Hotel in the capital's upmarket Mayfair district. | His property empire reportedly included the Sheraton Grand London Park Lane hotel and the Athenaeum Hotel in the capital's upmarket Mayfair district. |
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