LOVERS ATTACK: KILLER QUIZZED

POLICE were yesterday questioning a convicted murderer over a knife attack on two sweethearts.

Ian Haywood had previously been named by police as the man they were seeking in connection with the incident at a Sussex beauty spot.

Haywood, 36, from Hurstpierpoint, East Sussex, was convicted of murder in Winchester in 1984. He walked into a police station with his solicitor and gave himself up early yesterday.

He had not been seen since the two teenagers were ambushed last Thursday night. They were sitting in a car at Ditchling Common, West Sussex, when a man started shouting at them, then slashed at the girl's face and upper body with a knife.

The 17-year-old was taken to hospital with multiple injuries. Her boyfriend, 19, was treated for shock.

Superintendent John Dransfieldappealed for witnesses to the attack.

He said: "At this stage it's not clear what the motive was."

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