Reports said John tried to access money belonging to Saad Al-Hilli, 50, who was shot dead close to Lake Annecy, in eastern France, on September 5. According to reports, John tried to access Al-Hilli’s Royal Bank of Scotland and HSBC accounts within a few days of the quadruple murders where Al-Hilli’s wife and mother-in-law were also killed and a French cyclist gunned down nearby.
John’s arrest by Greater Manchester Police in Salford followed a request by Annecy magistrates and Surrey Police, who are leading the hunt for the killer.
A raid on his flat yielded numerous mobile phones and documents, said an investigating source.
John, in turn, insists he is innocent, and told the Manchester Evening News: ‘I believe that people have been tapping into my phone and accessing my internet.
