Wolverhampton murder probe roadblock

Detectives investigating the murder of pensioner Hester Mottershead were this afternoon stopping passing motorists near her Tettenhall home – exactly one week after burglars conned their way inside.

Officers put up a blockade along Wrottesley Road, close to the 90-year-old's house in Saxonfields, as part of an appeal for help find the men responsible for burgling the pensioner's home.

Miss Mottershead, known to her friends as Estella, answered her door to three men posing as water board officials early last Friday afternoon.

They barged their way inside and searched her home for valuables for about half an hour before leaving the address.

She called police as they left but collapsed minutes later and was taken to hospital, where she died following a suspected stroke, on Saturday morning.

Det Sgt Carl Russell said a full road block was in place on Wrottesley Road, which passes by her home, for around two hours.

"Professionally trained officers blocked the road off to try to gain information from passing vehicles which may or may not have witnessed what happened at the crucial time," he said.