Man, 65, quizzed over 'umbrella murder'

A 65-year-old man is being questioned by detectives over the "umbrella murder" of lifeguard Terry Gregory, after voluntarily walking into a police station.

The man was arrested in connection with the murder after going to the station in south London last night.

Mr Gregory was stabbed to death following a row over a child's umbrella at a bus stop in Woolwich in the early hours of Sunday. A 37-year-old man from Woolwich who was arrested on Monday night was released after questioning.

Mr Gregory, who worked at Eltham Leisure Centre, is believed to have got off the bus at about 1.35am and to have touched or picked up an umbrella belonging to a member of a group boarding the bus.

The group comprised a man and three women, all described as black. One of the women was heard to say: "Dad, he's got my umbrella."

The man got off the bus again and a fight broke out with Mr Gregory in Woolwich Church Street. A teenage friend of Mr Gregory joined the scuffle and a witness heard a female voice plead with the two men not to hurt her father.

A group of white men left their car to break up the brawl. After the scuffle Mr Gregory began walking home with his girlfriend and another friend. They were confronted by a black man, who stabbed Mr Gregory's friend in the hand.

Mr Gregory was stabbed repeatedly in front of his girlfriend and died from a knife wound to the heart.