Murder police look for second car

Police want to trace a red Mitsubishi Carisma

Detectives investigating the deaths of three people in Hertfordshire are seeking information about a second car they believe was used in the killings.

Keith Cowell, 52, and his son Matthew, 17, were shot dead at their home in Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford, on Tuesday 28 August.

Tony Dulieu, 33, of Billericay, Essex - in the house at the time - also died.

Police said suspects fled in a Nissan Micra but they want to trace a red Mitsubishi Carisma.

The Micra was later found burnt out in Enfield.

Detectives believe the Nissan was set ablaze on the night of the shooting or in the early hours of 29 August and the Mitsubishi was used by two suspects to escape.

Keith Cowell, his son Matthew and a third man were shot dead

Det Chief Insp Mick Hanlon said: "It is important that anyone who believes they saw the Micra near Plaw Hatch Close on the evening of the incident or being driven down to Enfield, contact us.

"It is thought the Mitsubishi was used to leave Enfield where the Micra had been torched and I would like anyone with information about this car to also come forward."

Mr Cowell's 54-year-old sister and Matthew's 23-year-old girlfriend were seriously injured in the shooting. The girlfriend's three-year-old daughter, Angel, was unhurt.

A woman in her 40s arrested in London in connection with the deaths has been bailed pending further inquiries.

Kevan Thakrar, 20, of Lomond Way, Stevenage, appeared before Stevenage magistrates last Thursday, charged with three counts of murder and two of attempted murder.

Atul Thakrar, 46, of the same address, was charged with assisting an offender. Both were remanded until 21 September.

A third man faces drugs charges but has not been named by police.