Brit, 61, arrested on suspicion of murdering ‘Lady of the Hills’ victim 21 years after her body found in UK beauty spot

A MAN has been arrested successful transportation with the Lady of the Hills acold lawsuit execution mystery.

A 61-year-old antheral was detained by constabulary much than 20 years aft the partially clothed assemblage of Lamduan Armitage, 36, was recovered successful a upland stream.

He is presently successful custody successful the UK and is acceptable to beryllium quizzed implicit the intriguing execution mystery.

The melodramatic breakthrough came conscionable aft 10pm connected Saturday night.

It happened a fewer hours aft The Sun revealed that her hubby David had pledged to instrumentality to the UK successful a bid to wide his name.

The retired assemblage lecturer has agelong protested his innocence implicit the execution of the parent of his 2 children.

When The Sun tracked him down to his distant successful Thailand successful 2019 helium said of claims by Lamduan’s household that helium was involved: “Absolutely not…no…absolutely not

"I cognize the inferences are determination but I americium conscionable getting connected with my beingness here.”

A spokesperson for North Yorkshire Police, who did not sanction the antheral who was arrested, said: “A 61-year-old antheral has been arrested connected suspicion of the execution of Lamduan Armitage successful 2004. He remains successful constabulary custody for questioning."

The enigma began connected September 20, 2004, erstwhile hikers doing the Three Peaks recovered the partially-clothed assemblage of a pistillate adjacent Pen-y-ghent.

A post-mortem failed to found a origin of decease though she had not been shot, stabbed oregon drowned.

Police were incapable to place her astatine the clip and she was dubbed the Lady of the Hills by big-hearted villagers who arranged for her ceremonial successful the adjacent colony of Horton-in Ribblesdale.

A acold lawsuit reappraisal yet led to her being identified successful 2019 erstwhile a comparative surviving successful the UK saw an artist’s content successful a constabulary entreaty and alerted detectives.

Yorkshire-born David, 61, joined Lamduan successful 1991 aft gathering her successful Chiang Mai.

They moved to the UK and lived successful Portsmouth wherever helium taught astatine a further acquisition assemblage portion Lamduan washed dishes astatine a Thai restaurant.

They aboriginal moved to Rugby, Warwickshire, and by the summertime of 2004 were staying with his parents successful Cumbria.

Her parent Joomsri told however she past heard from Lamduan successful a telephone telephone successful 2004.

She said: “She said she missed location truthful much. It was a precise abbreviated call. We've not heard from her since."

Armitage moved backmost to Thailand with their 2 children successful 2004.

He worked astatine a assemblage successful Kanchanaburi wherever the celebrated warfare movie The Bridge connected the River Kwai was set.

He was detained past week by migration cops aft his residency visa was revoked.

Although escaped to question anyplace erstwhile helium was deported from Thailand helium was said to person been acceptable connected returning to the UK to wide his sanction aft being persuaded to by his lad George, 32, and his Thai girlfriend.

He has ever denied immoderate engagement successful Lamduan’s death.

The North Yorkshire Police spokesperson added: “We powerfully impulse the media and nationalist to refrain from speculation astir the lawsuit to guarantee just justness tin beryllium delivered.

“We besides impulse the media to respect the rights and privateness of those connected to the case, including household members.”