The Scotsman

Man, 83, stabbed to death while walking dogs

- By HELEN WILLIAM,

An 83-year-old man was stabbed to death while he was walking his two dogs, Norfolk Police said.

The pensioner, who is described as a family man from Norfolk’s East Harling area, was repeatedly stabbed in the neck and head.

A member of the public found his body in woodland near the Fiveways Junction on Saturday and called police at 10:45am.

A murder investigat­ion has been launched.

A post mortem found he had died from multiple stab wounds to the neck and head. Norfolkpol­ice Chief Superinten­dentt Mike Fawcett said “the motive remains unclear”

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