POLICE have arrested a fourth man in connection with the murder of Patrick Baker in Sudbury last month.

A 26-year-old man from Bury St Edmunds was arrested yesterday morning on suspicion of perverting the course of justice in connection with the murder inquiry and was taken into custody at Bury Police Station and questioned.

The body of Patrick Baker, 45, was discovered by police on Sunday morning, April 11, inside his flat in Blackfriars.

The man arrested yesterday has been released on police bail to return to Bury Police Station on 30th June.

Two men were last month charged with murder, and a third, a 38 year old man from Sudbury, was arrested on suspicion of murder and released on police bail to return to Ipswich Police Station on 26th May.