Arrest in road rage murder case

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a grandfather who was stabbed to death after he was involved in a minor crash on a village road.

Armed officers held the 34-year-old suspect, from Worthing, West Sussex, at 2pm in connection with the road rage murder of Donald Lock. The 79-year-old was knifed repeatedly in a “frenzied” attack after he got out of his car following the shunt on the A24 at Findon, near Worthing.

Mr Lock, a long-time member of the Worthing Excelsior Cycling Club, died at the scene at around 8.40pm on Thursday night despite attempts by paramedics to revive him.

The arrest was made less than an hour after Det Supt Adam Hibbert, of the Sussex and Surrey major crime branch, made a televised appeal for the public’s help.

Among the floral tributes at the scene was one bouquet left by a distraught-looking woman and man who hugged each other by the cordon.

Part of their card read: “Grandad, there are no words to express how I’m feeling. I have lost a very special grandad. My only grandad. I love you so much. You will be truly missed by so many people. I just wish I could hug you one last time.”