First picture of murdered ex-teacher

This is the "bookish" retired schoolteacher who was murdered in his home, his throat slit in a suspected gay killing.

The body of Roger Hendra, who was known as Gerard, was found by police in his flat in Hampstead last Thursday. It is believed to have lain there for nearly a week.

Police say Mr Hendra, 65, was gay and may have known his assailant. There was no sign of a break-in or any obvious evidence of a struggle in his top-floor flat in Pond Street.

Mr Hendra, described by detectives as a "bookish" man who lived on his own, was last seen leaving his flat the previous Friday.

Neighbours said Mr Hendra had suffered polio as a child and the effects had stayed with him.

One teacher, who refused to be named, said: "He told me he had a boyfriend, a black chap, but I haven't seen him with anyone for a couple of years now."