Decapitated body found

British police were last night questioning two men over the murder of a man whose burned and decapitated body was found in Stockport.

Firemen found the body of John Grainger, 32, early on Thursday ablaze on a verge in the town centre, opposite the Gala Casino. His head was found nearby.

Postmortem tests revealed he was shot in the head and sustained a blunt force head injury.

Two men, aged 29 and 31, have been arrested on suspicion of murder and are being held in custody.

They were arrested before the body was discovered on suspicion of possessing shotgun cartridges and were later rearrested.