![Wanted Hither Green 'burglar' arrested two weeks after 'accomplice' is stabbed to death](https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/sei_6648847-e1524257411223.jpg?w=748&h=794&crop=1)
Police have today arrested a man wanted in connection with an aggravated burglary, which saw his alleged accomplice stabbed to death.
Billy Jeeves, 28, was located and detained in north Kent at 5.30pm today by officers from the Mets Homicide and Major Crime Command, with support from officers from the Territorial Support Group and officers at Kent police.
Murder investigation launched after man dies in police custody
He has been arrested on suspicion of two counts of burglary, theft and possession of a controlled substance.
He has been taken into custody at a Kent police station.
Police recently appealed for information regarding Jeeves whereabouts following an aggravated burglary in Hither Green, Lewisham.
![Undated photo of Henry Vincent who has been named as the man killed during a raid on a pensioner's home in Hither Green, south east London, issued by Kent Police in January this year when they were seeking to talk to him in connection with a distraction burglary when jewellery and valuables were stolen from a man in his 70s. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Thursday April 5, 2018. See PA story POLICE HitherGreen. Photo credit should read: Kent Police/PA Wire](https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/sei_60306631.jpg?w=620&h=790&crop=1)
![Richard Osborn-Brooks, 78, who has been arrested on suspicion of murder after he allegedly stabbed an armed burglar as they struggled in the kitchen of the house he shares with his disabled wife in south-east London. https://www.facebook.com/richard.osbornbrooks?ref=br_rs](https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/sei_587926812.jpg?w=620&h=465&crop=1)
![A police van on Further Green Road in Hither Green, where a 78-year-old man has been arrested after fatally wounding an intruder during a suspected burglary at his home. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Wednesday April 4, 2018. Officers were called to reports of a burglary in progress at around 12.45am on Wednesday after two men entered a house in Hither Green, south-east London. See PA story POLICE HitherGreen. Photo credit should read: Jamie Johnson/PA Wire](https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/sei_58452732.jpg?w=620&h=455&crop=1)
He was wanted in connection to the robbery which saw burglar Henry Vincent die during a struggle with pensioner Richard Osborn-Brooks, 78.
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A Met Police spokesman said: No other persons are being sought in connection with this investigation.
Enquiries continue.
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