News from around the county Three arrests after two die in brutal stabbing
Two people have been killed in a shocking stabbing in Canterbury which police are treating as murder.
Simon Gorecki, 47, and Natasha Sadler, a 40-year-old mother-of-three, were killed during an altercation on Wednesday night.
A 53-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in police custody. He is said to be known to the victims, but not related.
In the early hours of yesterday (Thursday) officers arrested two women aged 18 and 35 on suspicion of perverting the course of justice.
Natasha’s 20-year-old son Connaugh, was injured in the incident but has been released from hospital.
His brother Brandon, 17, also suffered serious wounds and was in a critical condition, but is now said to be stable and conscious.
Mr Gorecki was a well-known fishmonger who previously worked at the Goods Shed in the city.
Emergency crews rushed to the house in Dickens Avenue about 7.40pm on Tuesday.
Katie Christopher, of nearby Reed Avenue, was indoors when her daughter ran to tell her someone had been stabbed.
She grabbed some towels, and held them to the teenager’s stomach.
Ms Christopher described stroking his head, begging: “Please stay with me: please don’t die.”
She added: “How do you get over something like this? “What must the family be going through?”
Rab Hendry, 50, said he saw two people, believed to be brothers, at the scene. The older one had apparently been stabbed in the arm, while the other was thought to have been knifed in the stomach.
Mr Hendry said: “I got the young fella to the ground, sat him up and I put towels on his wounds. He asked me if he was going to die, and I said no, the ambulance is on its way.”
The scene remains taped off by police and officers have been carrying out house to house inquiries. Detective chief Inspector Nick Gossett said: “We understand this will be of concern to residents.
“However, I would like to stress that we believe all individuals involved knew each other.”