Body found 'not murder suspect'

Police have been scouring woodland for the two men

Police hunting two men over unrelated murders say a body found in a field belongs to neither of the suspects.

It was found by a member of the public on Saturday afternoon in a wooded area in South Normanton, Derbyshire.

Police said the body was not that of either Robert Boyer or Terry Rodgers, the subjects of a huge police manhunt.

The find was made four miles from the Huthwaite home of Mr Rodgers, who is sought in connection with the murder of his daughter, Chanel Taylor.

The body found in South Normanton is not believed to be that of Terry Rodgers or Robert Boyer Nottinghamshire Police

A Nottinghamshire police statement said: "Nottinghamshire police have been liaising with Derbyshire police and after an initial investigation the body found in South Normanton is not believed to be that of Terry Rodgers or Robert Boyer."

It added the search would continue in the Annesley Woods area on Sunday.

Hairdresser Chanel Taylor, 23, was found dead at her home in Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire on 30 July.

She was discovered by her new husband, Lee, with fatal gunshot wounds at the home they shared with Mr Rodgers.

Her father had moved in with the couple following the break-up of his marriage, and previously lived in South Normanton for 30 years.

Terry Rodgers, left, and Robert Boyer are being hunted by police

Police are also searching for 42-year-old Robert Boyer, in connection with the death of former miner Keith Frogson, who was attacked and killed on the doorstep of his home in the Nottinghamshire village of Annesley on 19 July.

Officers from several forces have spent two days scouring woodland off the A611 close to Hucknall and Newstead village in an attempt to find any trace of the pair.

Around 600 specialist and armed officers, sniffer dogs and helicopters are being used to hunt the two men.

The officers - mainly on rest days - have been drafted in from police forces throughout the north of England.

Prime suspect

Supt Stuart Wright defended the size of the police operation: "There are two horrific murders that have taken place.

"It is our job to undertake everything that is humanly possible to identify who has committed these crimes, and that means doing whatever we can to trace Mr Boyer and Mr Rodgers."

Detectives have confirmed that they are also investigating a sighting of Mr Boyer in woodland close to the search area on the edge of Sherwood Forest.

Mr Boyer was named by police as a prime suspect after Mr Frogson was found dead outside his home on 19 July after he had been attacked after he left his local pub

The father-of-three was a well known member of the National Union of Mineworkers and had been heavily involved in the strike of 1984.

Mr Boyer had joined the rival Union of Democratic Mineworkers.