Two women and man arrested after dad 'stabbed to death and set on fire'

Two women and a man have been arrested in connection with the death of a dad found in a field in Inverclyde with stab wounds.

Police were called after Robert Best’s body was found in a field near High Mathernock Farm in Kilmacolm around 9.20am on November 11.

Mr Best was reported missing from Greenock on the same day.

A murder investigation was launched and two men were arrested and charged.

Andrew Brodie, 51, and Stephen Shields, 44, are alleged to have stabbed the 50-year-old to death at Shields’ flat on Lansbury Street on November 10.

They are accused of removing the man’s body in a rug and taking it to a field where they “attempted to set fire to it”.

The pair made no plea and were remanded in custody.

Detectives have since arrested a further three people, two women, aged 41 and 64, and a 41-year-old man.

A 45-year-old man was previously arrested in connection with assault and released pending further enquiries.

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