Pensioner arrested after intruder dies

A pensioner has been arrested on suspicion of murder after fatally wounding an intruder during a suspected burglary at his home.

Officers were called to reports of a burglary in progress at about 12:45 am yesterday after two men entered a house in South Park Crescent in Hither Green, south-east London.

One suspect, armed with a screwdriver, forced the 78-year-old home-owner into his kitchen while his accomplice went upstairs.