'Murder case' opened for 13th century knight at Liverpool-region church:
Researchers have opened a 750 year-old “murder case” after discovering an important knight died from a previously undetected sword injury.
The skeleton of the 13th century aristocrat was unearth in the ruins of Halton Priory - a former monastery church in Cheshire.
It had long been assumed the man died from natural causes and that he was prominent since he was buried in pride of place at the former Benedictine priory, near Runcorn.
But according to new research carried out by Shirley Curtis-Summers from the University of Liverpool the knight met a more sinister end.
