The elderly garage owner who spotted fugitive Mark Hobson denied he was a hero, saying: "I had to do something."
Derek North, 81, realised immediately that it was Hobson when the 34-year-old, who was wanted for questioning in connection with the murders of twin sisters and an elderly couple in North Yorkshire, walked into his isolated garage.
Mr North said Hobson used loose change to buy matches, cigarette papers and a bottle of water at his garage on the A19, north of the village of Shipton-by-Beningbrough, near York.
Asked if he was frightened by his experience, he said: "No way."
He said he was "just delighted we were able to do something".
Detectives were expected to begin questioning Hobson over the deaths of his former girlfriend, Claire Sanderson, 27, and her twin sister Diane, who were discovered at his flat in Camblesforth, near Selby, last Sunday.
They will also question him about the killings of James Britton, 80, and his wife Joan, 82, found stabbed at their home in Strensall.
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