Quote Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda View Post
I agree. But the police still have to do their job and investigate a violent death - ****ing petitions on Facebook calling for all charges to be dropped - he hasn't been charged with anything and as the law stands probably won't (and shouldn't) be
They didn't need to release his name or announce he'd been arrested on suspicion of murder. All they needed to do was say that a 78 year-old man was helping police with their enquiries and then quietly release him without charge.