 The bodies of Sarah Merritt (left) and Sue Hale were found in the flat |
A 47-year-old man has been charged with the murders of a disabled woman and her carer at a flat in Southampton. David Tiley, who is from Southampton, was arrested in Swanage, Dorset, on Saturday morning.
The bodies of Sue Hale, 49, and carer Sarah Merritt, 39, were found in a flat in Townhill Park in the city on Thursday evening.
Post-mortem examinations on the women revealed that both had died from stab wounds.
Reported missing
Officers broke into the ground-floor flat on Thursday at 1720 GMT and found the bodies of the two women.
It is believed the alarm was raised by the care worker's council employer and her husband, who reported her missing.
Ms Hale suffered from cerebellar ataxia, a rare degenerative brain disorder which caused her difficulties in walking and led to her using walking sticks and a mobility scooter to get around.
Mrs Merritt, who was married with two children, was her care worker who visited twice a week to help bathe Ms Hale.
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