Former BBC Eggheads panellist arrested on suspicion of murder

Former contender CJ de Mooi detained after murder in Netherlands over 20 years ago

CJ de Mooi, former panellist on the BBC quiz show Eggheads, has been arrested on a European arrest warrant for an alleged killing, Scotland Yard said. Photograph: Hugh Macknight/PA Wire
CJ de Mooi, former panellist on the BBC quiz show Eggheads, has been arrested on a European arrest warrant for an alleged killing, Scotland Yard said. Photograph: Hugh Macknight/PA Wire

A former panellist on the BBC quiz show Eggheads has been arrested under a European arrest warrant for an alleged killing more than 20 years ago.

CJ de Mooi was detained under his real name Joseph Connagh at Heathrow Airport on Wednesday, Scotland Yard said.

He is wanted over an alleged killing in the Netherlands and will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Thursday.

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