{"id":37919,"date":"2026-05-16T10:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T10:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/37919\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T10:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T10:04:09","slug":"murder-arrest-in-st-marys-bay-on-romney-marsh-as-police-tape-off-home-after-death-of-man-in-his-90s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/37919\/","title":{"rendered":"Murder arrest in St Mary\u2019s Bay on Romney Marsh as police tape off home after death of man in his 90s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a pensioner in his 90s was found dead in a bungalow.<\/p>\n<p>Police were called to a report of concern for a person in Holly Road, St Mary\u2019s Bay, on Romney Marsh, at 9.30am on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Officers attended along with paramedics and a man in his 90s was confirmed deceased. His next of kin has been informed.<\/p>\n<p>A man in his 60s was arrested on suspicion of murder and was taken into custody, where he remains, pending further enquiries. It is understood that both men were known to each other.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 1900 1341\" alt=\"The home in Holly Road, St Mary's Bay, has been taped off by police\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"3BNP65MDOI8H2UWPF4X4.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.42\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3BNP65MDOI8H2UWPF4X4.jpg\" alt=\"The home in Holly Road, St Mary's Bay, has been taped off by police\"\/>The home in Holly Road, St Mary&#8217;s Bay, has been taped off by police<\/p>\n<p>This morning, police tape remained around the property in the usually quiet street.<\/p>\n<p>One PCSO was stationed outside, while forensics have been seen going in and out of the home.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 1200 825\" alt=\"Forensics entering the home in St Mary's Bay on Romney Marsh where a man in his 90s was found dead\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"7C4RYTFCX7T7JCUL4WHO.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.45\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7C4RYTFCX7T7JCUL4WHO.jpg\" alt=\"Forensics entering the home in St Mary's Bay on Romney Marsh where a man in his 90s was found dead\"\/>Forensics entering the home in St Mary&#8217;s Bay on Romney Marsh where a man in his 90s was found dead<\/p>\n<p>Neighbours described the man in his 90s, called Tom, as a \u201clovely\u201d person.<\/p>\n<p>George Potter, 88, who has lived opposite the bungalow for eight years, says he knew both men and was shocked to learn of the death.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 4698 3384\" alt=\"Neighbour George Potter has lived opposite the bungalow in Holly Road, St Mary's Bay, for eight years\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"UI9MB3NE1GG1E9RD4K58.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.39\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/UI9MB3NE1GG1E9RD4K58.jpg\" alt=\"Neighbour George Potter has lived opposite the bungalow in Holly Road, St Mary's Bay, for eight years\"\/>Neighbour George Potter has lived opposite the bungalow in Holly Road, St Mary&#8217;s Bay, for eight years<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe crime rate around here is zero &#8211; it\u2019s very sad,\u201d he told KentOnline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a pensioner in his 90s was found dead&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37920,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[61,309,1090,1118,5,6],"class_list":["post-37919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uk","tag-crime","tag-kent","tag-romney-marsh","tag-syndicate","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116583692001456224","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}