26/09/2008, 02:41 PM
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/engla...636821.stm
Germany arrest over gamer death:
A man has been arrested by police in Germany on suspicion of the murder of an internet gaming enthusiast in Nottingham.
Matthew Pyke, 20, was found stabbed in his flat above the Orange Tree pub on North Sherwood Street on Friday.
A 21-year-old man from Limburg was arrested on Wednesday in Hunfelden by officers from West-Hessen Police.
Officers in England and Germany said the arrested man knew the victim through an online games forum.
Mr Pyke, originally from Stowmarket in Suffolk, ran a web forum for the Nintendo game Advanced Wars on which gamers could chat online with each other about tactics, characters and plots.
He was about to start a degree at Nottingham Trent University and had lived in the city for two years.
Extradition process
In a statement released through Nottinghamshire Police, a spokesman for the German force said: "Limburg-Weilburg police have arrested a 21-year-old man from the rural district of Limburg on suspicion of murder.
"He was arrested by officers from the West-Hessen police headquarters in Hunfelden on suspicion that on 19 September he killed a man in Nottingham with a knife.
"They got to know each other through the internet.
"The man has been extensively interviewed by Limburg CID at the petition of the public prosecutor.
"He was brought before the Limburg judge who gave an order of detention with a view to extradition."
Officers said the joint investigation between Nottinghamshire Police and the German force was still ongoing.
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Germany arrest over gamer death:
A man has been arrested by police in Germany on suspicion of the murder of an internet gaming enthusiast in Nottingham.
Matthew Pyke, 20, was found stabbed in his flat above the Orange Tree pub on North Sherwood Street on Friday.
A 21-year-old man from Limburg was arrested on Wednesday in Hunfelden by officers from West-Hessen Police.
Officers in England and Germany said the arrested man knew the victim through an online games forum.
Mr Pyke, originally from Stowmarket in Suffolk, ran a web forum for the Nintendo game Advanced Wars on which gamers could chat online with each other about tactics, characters and plots.
He was about to start a degree at Nottingham Trent University and had lived in the city for two years.
Extradition process
In a statement released through Nottinghamshire Police, a spokesman for the German force said: "Limburg-Weilburg police have arrested a 21-year-old man from the rural district of Limburg on suspicion of murder.
"He was arrested by officers from the West-Hessen police headquarters in Hunfelden on suspicion that on 19 September he killed a man in Nottingham with a knife.
"They got to know each other through the internet.
"The man has been extensively interviewed by Limburg CID at the petition of the public prosecutor.
"He was brought before the Limburg judge who gave an order of detention with a view to extradition."
Officers said the joint investigation between Nottinghamshire Police and the German force was still ongoing.
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Publicity comes in many strange and diabolical ways.....