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| Stabbed man arrested over killing | Stabbed man arrested over killing |
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| A businessman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was found stabbed to death at his mansion in Cheshire. | |
| Arran Coghlan ,39, who has been cleared of murder twice before, was discovered with knife wounds at his home in Alderley Edge on Tuesday afternoon. | |
| The body of Stephen Akinyemi, of Cheetham Hill, Manchester, was found in a bathroom at the property. | |
| Mr Coghlan was treated in hospital and is now in police custody. | |
| Officers found the him and Mr Akinyemi after neighbours heard a loud disturbance at about 1400 GMT on Tuesday. | |
| It is believed the two men knew each other. | |
| Burned alive | Burned alive |
| Mr Coghlan's home on Brook Lane - a street lined with multi-million pound properties - has been cordoned off for forensic examination. | Mr Coghlan's home on Brook Lane - a street lined with multi-million pound properties - has been cordoned off for forensic examination. |
| In 1994 he was cleared of murdering Stockport's "Mr Big" Chris Little, a well-known gangland boss. | In 1994 he was cleared of murdering Stockport's "Mr Big" Chris Little, a well-known gangland boss. |
| He was shot at the wheel of his Mercedes in Marple in July 1994. | He was shot at the wheel of his Mercedes in Marple in July 1994. |
| In 2001 Mr Coghlan was arrested on suspicion of murdering drug dealer David Barnshaw, known as the "body in the boot" case. | In 2001 Mr Coghlan was arrested on suspicion of murdering drug dealer David Barnshaw, known as the "body in the boot" case. |
| He had been kidnapped and forced to drink petrol before being burned alive in the back of his own car on an industrial estate in Stockport. | He had been kidnapped and forced to drink petrol before being burned alive in the back of his own car on an industrial estate in Stockport. |
| The case against Mr Coghlan and others collapsed in 2003 when it was revealed that police had failed to pass on important information about another suspect. | The case against Mr Coghlan and others collapsed in 2003 when it was revealed that police had failed to pass on important information about another suspect. |