A BOURNEMOUTH MP has called on Dorset Police to ensure information relating to the ongoing Durley Chine murder investigation is released to quell speculation.

Bournemouth West MP Sir Conor Burns has encouraged the county force to ensure that information about the investigation is released to reassure residents.

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As reported, officers were called to the beach at Durley Chine on Friday just before midnight to reports that two people had been stabbed.

A 34-year-old woman from Poole was pronounced dead at the scene, and a 38-year-old woman, also from Poole, was taken to hospital with very serious injuries.

The county force said the woman is still receiving treatment in hospital.

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CCTV images of an individual the police have named as a suspect have been released, with the force renewing their appeal for information on Monday afternoon.

This came as a 17-year-old from Lancashire, who had been arrested on suspicion of murder, was released from the investigation without charge.

Sir Conor said: “I had a briefing yesterday from the police which didn’t contain much that wasn’t in the public domain already.

“There’s obviously unease among the wider population understandably that somebody that looks like they committed murder has not been identified and apprehended.

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“Obviously I hope that Dorset Police quickly have success in finding and apprehending that man and [they] shouldn’t be afraid, by the way, to reach out for help beyond Dorset Police if that proves necessary in quickly apprehending this person.”

The MP said there is a ‘fine line’ between putting as much information into the public domain as possible and ‘protecting the confidentiality of a live and fast-moving enquiry’.

“I hope that the police will err on the side of putting information into the public domain, particularly when it would reassure a very anxious public about this incident,” Sir Conor said.

“It can sometimes be seen, such as last year for example with those tragic drownings where we went many days without information that led to a very damaging, destabilising speculation.

“The thing that will smother speculation is information.”

Anyone with information is asked to submit it to the investigation team via the Major Incident Public Portal page at https://mipp.police.uk/operation/55HQ23N07-PO1.

If you are unable to submit information online, please call 101 quoting occurrence number 55240078013. Alternatively, independent charity Crimestoppers can be contacted anonymously online at Crimestoppers-uk.org or by calling Freephone 0800 555 111.