POLICE hunting the killer of a Merseyside woman and her mother, who were found dead last week, have arrested lodger Barry Morrow.

Avon lady Angela Holgate, 54, and her 75-year-old mother Alice Huyton were found by a relative at Mrs Holgate’s home near Southport, Merseyside, on Saturday evening.

Post-mortem examinations have revealed that both women died from asphyxiation.