Ex-Met Police inspector lied about wife's death in Barbados hotel room, BBC learns
Summary
Former Metropolitan Police detective Warren Arter gave conflicting accounts of how his wife, Rebekah, died in a Barbados hotel in June 2024. Her cause of death remains unknown, and a UK coroner recorded an open verdict; Barbados authorities did not preserve evidence or interview hotel staff, while the Met did not send detectives to the island.Key Facts
- Hotel staff said Arter told different people that Rebekah had choked, fallen and hit her head, or that he had woken to find her dead.
- Two hotel employees said Rebekah appeared to be dead when they entered the room.
- A security guard said he stopped Arter from going to a nearby street party before emergency services arrived.
- The investigation did not secure evidence or conduct vital forensic tests, and a pathologist in Barbados cut up Rebekah’s organs.
- The Met said it did not send detectives to Barbados because no allegation of criminality had been made.
- The Met’s watchdog investigated Arter over his conduct toward eight alleged victims, but he was never convicted in that investigation.
- Arter died by suicide in HMP Wandsworth days after returning from Barbados and being arrested for allegedly abusing another woman.
- Rebekah’s family said Arter subjected her to abuse and coercive control; the BBC said it had seen video evidence of abuse and drugging.
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