A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of murdering teenager Jay Whiston.

The 17-year-old, from Aster Close, Clacton, was stabbed to death outside a house in Marlowe Way, Colchester, on Saturday, September 8.

Earlier today an 18-year-old man was re-arrested on suspicion of murder and is being questioned by detectives at a police station in north Essex.

Six other people remain on police bail until Wednesday, May 22, after having been arrested on suspicion of either murder or assisting an offender.