London - Detectives in Sussex searching for a missing eight-year-old girl, Sarah Payne, said yesterday two men had been arrested in connection with the investigation, Rachel Donnelly reports. Sussex police were granted a 24-hour extension yesterday to question and detain one of the men. He was arrested on Sunday, is in his 40s and is from Sussex. The other man is in his 30s and is thought not to be local, was arrested on Monday night. The homes of the two men have been searched and further arrests are expected. Police are also searching the homes of up to 150 known sex offenders in the Sussex area.
Sarah went missing on Saturday after playing in fields near her grandparent's home near Littlehampton, West Sussex.