A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of murdering 86-year-old Wisbech widow Una Crown.

Detectives descended on Wisbech this morning to arrest the 58-year-old.

He is currently in custody at Thorpe Wood Police Station.

Mrs Crown was founded dead in her bungalow in Magazine Lane at 10.45am on January 13.

She had been stabbed in the neck and chest and set on fire - in an apparent attempt to disguise her injuries.

She was last seen alive on January 11, but had spoken to a friend by telephone on the Saturday.