Shamed Met Police detective 'lied about wife's death in Barbados'

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Warren Arter abused his partner Rebekah for ten years, and told a string of conflicting stories in the hours after she died in June 2024.

Published: 12:38 GMT, 15 November 2026 | Updated: 12:41 GMT, 15 November 2026

A shamed police detective lied about the circumstances of his wife's death in a Barbados hotel room, it has been reported.

Warren Arter abused his partner Rebekah for ten years, and told a string of conflicting stories in the hours after she died in June 2024.

He was said to have been acting 'suspiciously' on the night, and Rebekah's cause of death has never been established by British authorities.

But the Metropolitan Police, where Arter had led a unit investigating rape cases, decided against sending anyone to the Caribbean to look into the death.

Arter was arrested days after arriving back in the UK on suspicion of abusing another woman, and took his own life at 54 in a cell at HMP Wandsworth.

Now, hotel staff have said that Arter seemed to be 'trying to find the right story that fits' to explain what happened, but that 'none of them added up'.

Rebekah's family has accused the Met of failing her, and the force has acknowledged that 'opportunities to prevent his offending were missed'.

Arter first met Rebekah in 2006 when she reported domestic abuse to the Met, as she was escaping an abusive relationship.

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