A TEENAGER has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

Andre Vella, 19, from Frinton, is being questioned by police, on suspicion of the murder of 26-year-old Thomas Brittain, from Colchester, who was stabbed to death in the early hours of Saturday morning at a flat in Charles House, off St Peter's Street.

Vella handed himself in at Clacton police station following an appeal for information.

Police are still searching for 18-year-old Jack Hummerstone, from Clerkenwell, London.

Anyone with information on his current whereabouts call Essex Police on 999.

Members of the public are advised not to approach him as he may be armed.