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Man found dead in Bury St Edmunds flat was stabbed Peter Avis murder: Family 'devastated' over death
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A man whose body was found in a flat above a Bury St Edmunds jewellery shop had been stabbed, murder inquiry detectives have revealed. The family of a Suffolk jewellery shop owner, who was stabbed to death by a burglar, say they are "devastated".
The 66-year-old man's body was found above the jewellers Collis & Sons at High Baxter Street after police were called on Friday morning. Peter Avis, 66, was found dead in his flat above the shop in Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, after police were called on Friday morning.
Post-mortem tests, carried out at the West Suffolk Hospital, revealed that he died as a result of stab wounds. A 34-year-old man was arrested in the Haringey area of London on Friday night and has been brought to Suffolk for questioning.
A man, 34, has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Police are appealing for help over the raid at the Collis & Sons shop.
Suffolk Police said the man was arrested in the Haringey area of London by Metropolitan Police on Friday night and has been brought to Suffolk to be questioned. In a statement issued by Suffolk Police, Mr Avis' family said: "Peter Avis was rather eccentric but a gentle, old-fashioned and private man.
Police are continuing their inquiries into the incident and have been conducting searches, talking to those in the area and carrying out a full forensic examination of the scene. "His life centred on his shop and flat. Due to this he was, perhaps, extremely vulnerable. We are all devastated by this sad news."
Det Ch Insp Neil Luckett, who is leading the investigation, said: "He was a vulnerable man and the motive appears to have been a burglary that then involved an assault on him and the use of a weapon.Det Ch Insp Neil Luckett, who is leading the investigation, said: "He was a vulnerable man and the motive appears to have been a burglary that then involved an assault on him and the use of a weapon.
"Someone must know who did this and must be aware of where the jewellery and other items stolen during the incident are now."Someone must know who did this and must be aware of where the jewellery and other items stolen during the incident are now.
"Our investigation is ongoing and we'd continue to ask anyone who may have been in the Abbeygate Street or High Baxter Street area on Thursday night into Friday morning, or anyone with information about those involved or where the items are now, to come forward."Our investigation is ongoing and we'd continue to ask anyone who may have been in the Abbeygate Street or High Baxter Street area on Thursday night into Friday morning, or anyone with information about those involved or where the items are now, to come forward.
"We want to reassure local people that everything possible is being done to find those involved in this crime and to bring them to justice.""We want to reassure local people that everything possible is being done to find those involved in this crime and to bring them to justice."