Police stop and arrest murder suspect on A14 near Kettering

Northamptonshire traffic officers alerted following stabbing in Stoke
Police intercepted a man on the A14 wanted in connection with a stabbing in StokePolice intercepted a man on the A14 wanted in connection with a stabbing in Stoke
Police intercepted a man on the A14 wanted in connection with a stabbing in Stoke

A 39-year-old man has been charged with murder after being arrested by traffic cops on the A14 in Northamptonshire.

Officers from Northamptonshire Police Road Crime Team were alerted to the silver Vauxhall Corsa eastbound near Kettering, between junctions eight and nine after a 29-year-old woman was stabbed in Stoke on Friday.

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A spokesman for Staffs Police said yesterday that formal identification of the woman is still to take place but she is believed to be Kimberley Deakin from Burslem who was discovered with stab wounds just before 4.45pm on Friday.

Neighbours said the mother was covered in blood as she fled onto the street screaming 'help, help' while carrying her daughter following a disturbance at a house.

Today tributes were paid to the 'doting' mother by members in the community as they visited the scene to lay flowers.

One neighbour told The Sun Online: 'She seemed a doting mum who really loved her baby girl. You would see her smiling and talking to her.

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Lewis Crofts, of Broadstone, Dorset, has been remanded in custody and is due to appear before North Staffordshire magistrates today (November 9).

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