By
Press Association 2021
A man will appear in court charged with murdering a millionaire hotelier.
Dorset Police received a report raising concern for the welfare of the occupants of an address in Higher Langham near Gillingham at 7.30pm on April 7.
Officers attended the property and found Sir Richard Sutton, who owned a string of top hotels in London, and a woman aged in her 60s – named as Anne Schreiber – with serious injuries.
The force said it is believed both had sustained stab wounds.
Paramedics attended the scene but Sir Richard, 83, was pronounced dead at around 9.15pm.
An initial post-mortem examination conducted on Friday indicated that the cause of his death was stab wounds to his chest.