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Lee Peacock: Westminster murders suspect found with critical injuries

A man wanted by police in connection with a double murder has been found with “life-threatening” injuries, believed to be self-inflicted.

Lee Peacock was found on Wednesday evening by Met Police officials who had been called to a channel barge in Ealing. Officials said they were sure the harmed man was the 49-year-old being looked for over the passings of two individuals in focal London on 19 August. Mr Peacock is in a basic condition in hospital.Sharon Pickles, 45, and Clinton Ashmore, 59, were found lethally wounded in Westminster last week. Both had been wounded in the neck. Police accept the two killings are connected and that Mr Peacock knew both the people in question. The Met’s Directorate of Professional Standards has been educated and the episode has been alluded to the Independent Office for Police Conduct who have demonstrated that they will lead an autonomous examination.

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