Gemma McCluskie Murder: 'Arm Of Mutilated EastEnders Actress Found In Regent's Canal'

Gemma McCluskie Murder: 'Arm Of Mutilated EastEnders Actress Found In Regent's Canal'

An arm believed to belong to EastEnders actress Gemma McCluskie whose headless torso was found floating in a canal has been discovered in the same stretch of water.

The limb was spotted yesterday by a British Waterways employee - two weeks after the 29-year-old's mutilated body was recovered close to Hackney's famous Broadway Market, in east London.

Divers have been searching Regent's Canal in a bid to find her remaining missing body parts.

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "Police were called at 09:35am yesterday to reports of an arm found in the Regent's Canal in Hackney.

"Officers attended and recovered the limb close to the Broadway Market stretch of the canal.

"We await further tests to determine identity, but at this stage it is believed to be connected to the murder of Gemma McCluskie."

The actress was last seen returning to the home in Pelter Street, Hackney, that she shared with her brother, Tony, who now stands accused of her murder.

She had been missing for a week after attending the opening of the new £650 million Royal London Hospital in nearby Whitechapel.

During this time, friends launched extensive searches across east London in a bid to find her and former EastEnders co-stars Natalie Cassidy and Brooke Kinsella both appealed on Twitter for help.

Tony McCluskie, 35, was remanded in custody when he appeared at the Old Bailey by video-link from Brixton Prison last week.

No bail application was made. A plea and case management hearing was set for June 18.

Miss McCluskie played Kerry Skinner in the BBC soap in 2001.

Police had earlier released CCTV images of Miss McCluskie's final days

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