Police 'close' to solving murder

Paul Logan was the father of two young children

Police say they are close to solving the murder of a take-away delivery man found dead almost 10 years ago.

Paul Logan, 25, from Shotley Bridge, County Durham, was lured to his death two days before Christmas in 1993.

He was beaten to death after answering a call to deliver a meal from the Golden Flower Chinese takeaway in Shotley Bridge, near Consett.

When he arrived at the remote Northumberland farm two miles from his home, he discovered the owners had not placed an order.

Northumbria Police told a news conference at Gateshead Police Station on Thursday they believed two people were involved in the killing.

Mr Logan's body was found near the farm

Detective Superintendent Ian Sharp, who is leading the inquiry, appealed for people with any information to come forward.

He said: "I'm confident that people have got information, they are keeping hold of that information but we know they have got it.

"Its a question of them doing the right thing now and coming forward with that information to allow us to spring forward and make arrests in this case."

Mr Logan's mother, Elsie, appealed for help from the public.

She said he son's death had been particularly hard on his two children, Michael, 14, and 10-year-old Natalie.

Mrs Logan said: "We talk to them openly, we have to because children being children hear a lot of things and they have to know the truth.

"They are hurt enough."