Murder victim Joanna Yeates’ landlord, Chris Jefferies is considering suing the police for wrongful arrest.
Jefferies, who lived two floors above the flat Yeates, 25, shared with her boyfriend, Greg Reardon, in her flat in Bristol, was arrested last Thursday on suspicion of her murder.
He was arrested five days after Yeates’ strangled body was found on a rural lane three miles from where she lived.
Jefferies was questioned over the murder for three days before being released on bail, but police said he was still a suspect.
However Jefferies, 65, told Sky News sources that he expected to be cleared of any wrongdoing.
He also said he was thinking of taking legal action against Avon and Somerset Police, as well as sections of the media.
Jefferies was arrested after he allegedly told neighbours he had seen Yeates, a landscape architect, outside her home with two other people on the night she vanished. But he later told Sky News: “I certainly cannot say that I saw Joanna Yeates that evening, no.”
Meanwhile, police, who have come under fire for barring journalists from a press briefing – have made an appeal for “patience” as they continue the meticulous investigation.
Chief Superintendent John Stratford said: “I have every confidence that those inquiries will lead to the killer of Jo and we will bring that person to justice.”
Detectives are looking for one of Miss Yeates’ socks, which could be key to solving who killed her. They revealed on Wednesday that the grey, ski-style garment was not at her flat or the spot where she was found.
Police have also indicated the sock may have been taken by her murderer as a “trophy” – and could have been used to strangle her.
