Arrest in Germany over murder

[26 September 2008]

A man has been arrested in Germany over the death of a computer game enthusiast in Nottingham.

Matthew Pyke, 20, was found stabbed in his flat on Friday. A 21-year old man has been arrested in Hunfelden by German police. The two men knew each other after meeting through an online games forum. Mr Pyke ran a web forum about the Nintendo game 'Advanced Wars', on which gamers talked to each other about tactics, characters and plots.

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