Police believe heavily pregnant Marelle Sturrock died in a case of murder-suicide after the body of a man, who is believed to be her partner David Yates, was recovered from Mugdock Reservoir.
formal identification has not yet taken place, but officers believe it is david yates, who s 36 and the partner of marelle sturrock. miss sturrock, who was 35, was found dead at her home in glasgow on tuesday. detectives were searching for mr yates in connection with the murder. a report examining the appointment of bbc chairman richard sharp is expected to be published later today. it looks at whether mr sharp properly disclosed details of any involvement in helping the then prime minister borisjohnson access a loan. mr sharp has denied any involvement. we can speak now to our political correspondent helen catt. morning to you. so this morning we are expecting this report to be published and a lot is known about just what they are investigating? yeah. faces an inquiry by barrister adam heppinstall. as part it is
stephen, this is serious. yeah, i know. inspectors also considered whether homophobia explained why the met did not investigate port s killings properly, but said it was impossible to reach any definitive conclusions. it did, however, say there were, and still are, homophobic officers at the force, and that there was a lack of understanding of the lifestyle of those they were investigating. responding to the report, the met police said it accepted it had more to do to minimise the chance of a case like port s ever happening again. helena wilkinson, bbc news. police investigating the murder of a pregnant teacher in scotland have found a man s body in a reservoir. formal identification has not yet taken place, but officers believe it is david yates, who s 36 and the partner of marelle sturrock.