A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a songwriter.
Jack Hummerstone, who police said was wanted in connection with the murder of Thomas Brittain in Colchester in March, was arrested at a property in Errol Street, Islington, north London at 3am today.
Scotland Yard said the 18-year-old would be questioned by detectives in Essex.
A 22-year-old man from London was also arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.
Mr Brittain, 26, from Essex, died after he was assaulted in the home of a friend, in a flat in Parkside Quarter, Colchester, in the early hours of March 9.
He was stabbed repeatedly.
The victim's family described him as a well-known songwriter and local music producer also known as Twister.
They said: "He was a lovely, kind and funny man who will be dearly missed."
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