Worthing arrest in missing Mark Manning murder inquiry
Detectives investigating the murder of a bomb disposal expert who has been missing for more than a year have made an arrest.
It comes after an anniversary appeal made by Sussex Police a year after Mark Manning's disappearance.
Officers said a 38-year-old man from Worthing was in custody awaiting questioning on suspicion of murder.
Tip-offs following the anniversary appeal led to a police search at a lake in Worthing, but nothing was found.
Police said they were following up several other leads.
Mr Manning, of Brighton Road, Lancing, was last seen on 19 April 2014 when a friend dropped him off at Worthing railway station. His family reported him missing three days later.
The 54-year-old was a former military bomb disposal expert who had worked for the Mines Advisory Group, a charity that removes landmines and other dangers.
A murder inquiry began last June but no-one reported hearing from or seeing Mr Manning and his body was never found.