Doctor charged over killing

Pontefract - A doctor was last night charged in connection with the death of a nurse, Vicky Fletcher, police in Yorkshire said…

Pontefract - A doctor was last night charged in connection with the death of a nurse, Vicky Fletcher, police in Yorkshire said. Miss Fletcher (21) died on Thursday after being shot outside the Castlefields pub in Castleford, West Yorkshire.

Mr Thomas Shanks (47), an anaesthetist, was arrested near Glasgow on Friday night and returned to Yorkshire on Saturday for questioning.

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