Presenter names ‘mercy killing’ lover

BBC presenter Ray Gosling disclosed yesterday that he has told police the name of the lover he has confessed to killing.

Gosling, 70, was arrested on suspicion of murder last week after revealing in a TV programme that he smothered a former partner as he lay in a hospital bed dying of Aids.

Following repeated questioning by detectives over 30 hours in custody he was released on bail until April, but only after naming the man he killed.