Death of detective’s wife ‘should have triggered murder probe’

The death of a disgraced detective’s wife in a Barbados hotel room should have been investigated as a potential murder, a coroner has found. Rebekah Arter, 47, was with her husband Warren Arter, 54, when she was found lying dead and covered in blood at the Ocean Two hotel in Bridgetown. Arter, a former Met detective inspector, was discovered unresponsive in his cell at HMP Wandsworth by prison officers several weeks later on 11 July 2024. He was dismissed from…