Police in appeal over 4x4 spotted near Yeates’ body

POLICE hunting the killer of landscape architect Joanna Yeates in Britain yesterday appealed for information about a 4x4 vehicle seen near where her body was found.

Senior investigating officer Phil Jones of Avon and Somerset Police said the light-coloured vehicle was spotted around the time the 25-year-old is believed to have disappeared.

He said: “We have had a number of reports of vehicles in Longwood Lane during the late Friday evening and early hours of Saturday morning, including a possibly light- coloured 4x4 vehicle.