{"id":948388,"date":"2026-05-09T13:40:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T13:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/948388\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T13:40:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T13:40:17","slug":"murder-arrest-after-body-found-in-bristol-rooftop-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/948388\/","title":{"rendered":"Murder arrest after body found in Bristol rooftop garden"},"content":{"rendered":"

The shocking discovery was made on the roof of a block of flats<\/p>\n

12:32, 09 May 2026Updated 12:32, 09 May 2026<\/p>\n

\"Police<\/p>\n

Police and forensics on scene at a building on Redcliff Street.(Image: PAUL GILLIS \/ Reach Plc)<\/p>\n

A man has been arrested as part of a Bristol murder investigation after the body of a “much-loved brother and uncle” was found in a rooftop garden earlier this week.<\/p>\n

Police confirmed yesterday (Friday, May 8) they were treating the incident as murder after the body of 54-year-old Anthony Clemmings, known as Tony, was found on top of a block of flats in Redcliff Street at around 8.20am on Tuesday, May 5.<\/p>\n

Last night a 50-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder in the West Midlands area. He remains in police custody at this time.<\/p>\n

Detective Chief Inspector Laura Miller, of the Major Crime Investigation Team, said: “Our enquiries into Tony\u2019s death have been progressing well since Tuesday and an arrest has now been made.<\/p>\n

“We have updated Tony\u2019s family of this significant development, and specially-trained officers are still supporting them. His family continue to ask for privacy at this immensely upsetting time, and we would ask people are respectful of their wishes.”<\/p>\n

Tony’s family paid tribute to him<\/a> this week, calling him a “much-loved son, brother and uncle”, saying: “His death has come as a huge shock to us.”<\/p>\n

Police are continuing to appeal for anyone with information that might assist their enquiries to call 101 and quote reference 5226122331, or get in touch via the force website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The shocking discovery was made on the roof of a block of flats 12:32, 09 May 2026Updated 12:32,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":948389,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[9312,381,799,748,188,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-948388","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-avon-and-somerset-constabulary","9":"tag-bristol","10":"tag-bristol-city-centre","11":"tag-britain","12":"tag-crime","13":"tag-england","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116544906332939353","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=948388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/948389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=948388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=948388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=948388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}