BREAKING Man arrested in South Africa over ‘homicide’ of spouse and two children in Bedford

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Nothabo Zandile Tshuma and her daughters Natalie and Nala were found dead at their £1.3million homeCredit

A man wanted over the murder of a woman and her two children in Bedford has been arrested in South Africa, police have said.

Nothabo Zandile Tshuma, 42, and daughters Natalie, 15, and Nala, five, were found dead at the family home near Bedford on Monday.

Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma, who also goes by the name Mark, was arrested on Friday, according to South African police.

He is a British citizen of Zimbabwean heritage, according to Bedfordshire police.

Cops in the UK said the 45-year-old IT consultant left the country two days before the bodies were discovered.

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