Police shooting suspect found dead after siege

A man suspected of shooting a British police officer was found dead in his home this morning after an 18-hour armed siege came to an end, police said.

Pc David Lomas, 34, was shot at around 2pm yesterday when a routine arrest turned into an armed siege in Rawtenstall, Lancashire.

The suspect, named locally as Stephen Hensby, a loner in his 50s, was found dead when armed police stormed the house on Hardman Avenue this morning.