Train-stabbing police seek anyone who saw couple ‘acting in unusual manner’

DETECTIVES INVESTIGATING the murder of a 51-year-old man who was stabbed to death on a train have launched a fresh witness appeal for anyone who saw a man and a woman “acting in an unusual manner”.

Lee Pomeroy was stabbed nine times in the incident which happened at Horsley station in Surrey on Friday, January 4.

Darren Pencille, 35, is charged with his murder and possessing an offensive weapon.

His partner, mother-of-one Chelsea Mitchell, 27, is charged with assisting an offender.

Mr Pomeroy, who would have celebrated his 52nd birthday on Saturday, boarded the 12.58pm train service between Guildford and London Waterloo at London Road station on Friday afternoon.

British Transport Police are appealing for witnesses who saw a man and a woman with a child in the Frensham Great Pond area, near Farnham, between 5.45pm and 6.35pm on the same day.

Detective Chief Inspector Sam Blackburn said: “Our enquiries have led us to believe the suspects briefly stopped at Frensham Great Pond car park, on Bacon Lane after 5.30pm on Friday afternoon.

“We are therefore looking to speak with anyone who was at the site and saw a man and a woman acting in an unusual or out of character manner.

“They would have been travelling with a young child at this point and we understand they would have arrived and departed in a blue Vauxhall Corsa. If you were at the Frensham Great Pond car park during this time, please do get in touch as you might hold information which could help us uncover any new evidence.”