Mother of former Hollyoaks star Callum Kerr and her husband murdered in France

A British mates recovered dormant astatine their French vacation location person been identified arsenic the parent and stepfather of erstwhile Hollyoaks histrion Callum Kerr.

Dawn Searle, 56, and her hubby Andrew, 62, were discovered connected Thursday successful Les Pesquiès, adjacent Villefranche-de-Rouergue, with investigators confirming their "deaths were intelligibly a homicide."

Mr Searle, a retired fiscal transgression expert, had spent implicit 2 decades investigating organised crime, money laundering and violent financing, starring investigators to probe imaginable links to his erstwhile work.

"A transgression enquiry has been launched and the fearfulness is that the mates were murdered," said a French investigating source. "There is simply a mentation that they were being pursued by criminals from the United Kingdom."

The mates had joined conscionable 5 months ago, with Kerr, 30, who played PC George Kiss successful Hollyoaks, walking his parent down the aisle. The histrion had shared photos of the September wedding connected Instagram, writing: "Not galore radical tin accidental they walked their ain parent down the aisle. What a pleasure!! I emotion you mum."

Mr Searle's nonrecreational inheritance included 21 years astatine Standard Life arsenic UK & Europe Financial Crime Manager and consultancy enactment for Barclays. His LinkedIn illustration stated helium was "Responsible for each Anti-Financial Crime matters successful the UK & Europe function."

The probe root added: "It whitethorn good beryllium that gangsters with a people to settee are down these killings."

Initial reports suggesting a burglary gone incorrect person been dismissed arsenic investigators absorption connected imaginable connections to Mr Searle's vocation warring fiscal transgression and terrorism.