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Police have arrested a 69-year-old man on suspicion of murder relating to the death of postmistress Una Crown 11 years ago.
The man, from Wisbech, was arrested this morning and remains in custody at Thorpe Wood Police Station in Peterborough.
Mrs Crown had her throat slit and her body torched before she was found lying in a pool of her blood and surrounded by burnt newspaper.
Officers were called to her home in Magazine Lane, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, after family members and a neighbour discovered the body on January 13, 2013.
Mrs Crown's wedding ring, front door key, and £40 were missing.
Police initially thought she had accidentally set herself alight, and later apologised after a post-mortem revealed she had died from stab wounds to her neck and chest.
Una Crown, 86, whose throat was slit before her body was torched
The last image of Una Crown alive - CCTV taken at Wisbech Tesco on January 11 2013
Mrs Crown had been seen alive two days before and had spoken to a friend over the phone at about 5pm on the Saturday.
She also appeared in good spirits as she went shopping on the Friday - with CCTV
