Little Toy Robot

News from the U.K.:

LONDON (Reuters) - Mystery surrounds the death of a leading Sherlock Holmes expert who was found in his bed garrotted with a shoelace and surrounded by cuddly toys.

Westminster Coroner’s Court heard that Richard Lancelyn Green, 50, who had devoted his life to studying Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s fictional detective, had suffered a “very unusual death”.

A wooden spoon had been used to tighten the shoelace around his neck.

Police have apprehended the cuddly toys as suspects.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 27th, 2004 at 5:12 pm and is filed under general.