Overview
- Police and ambulance crews were called to a house on Fern Hill in Dersingham in the early hours of Sunday, 4 October, where a woman in her 40s was pronounced dead and a murder inquiry was opened.
- A man in his 40s was arrested at the scene and remains in custody after officers obtained a warrant from Great Yarmouth Magistrates’ Court that allows an extra 32 hours of detention for questioning.
- Norfolk and Suffolk Major Investigation Team detectives have put a cordon in place at the property and forensic teams are carrying out scene examinations as inquiries continue.
- The deceased has been named locally as GP Hannah Cain, known professionally as Dr Hannah Terry, and Grimston Medical Centre has closed temporarily while staff and patients are supported; children who were at the house were returned to their families.
- Detective Inspector Alix Wright said the probe is at an early stage and asked anyone with information to contact Norfolk Police quoting incident 27 of 4 October so officers can piece together the full circumstances.