A man has been charged with two counts of murder over the fatal double shooting of a mother and daughter in East Sussex, police said.
Craig Savage, 35, of no fixed abode, is charged with the murders of Michelle Savage, 32, and Heather Whitbread, 53, at their home in Bexhill Road, St Leonards, on Friday evening, Sussex Police said.
We have charged a 35-year-old man with two counts of murder and one count of robbery following the #StLeonards fatal shooting on Friday evening. Read more about it here.https://t.co/DcUKZzhFp3
— Sussex Police (@sussex_police) March 19, 2018
He is further charged with robbery over the theft of a .22 calibre rifle and ammunition from a 1066 Target Sports facility in St Leonards on the same day.
Savage has been remanded in custody to appear at Brighton Magistrates’ Court via videolink on Tuesday March 20.
