Warning over ‘silent killer’ carbon monoxide

A man arrested for the murder of his girlfriend has warned the public to safeguard their homes with alarms that will detect carbon monoxide — the silent killer responsible for her death.

Roland Wessling has told his story as part of Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week, which seeks to encourage the public to have a carbon monoxide alarm installed in their homes.

Research conducted for the campaign has found that two in five adults do not have a carbon monoxide alarm in their house, and that 365,000 are at risk of CO poisoning but do not know it.