CONVICTED murderer Steven Grieveson has denied being involved in the murder of Sunderland teenager Simon Martin.

Simon, 14, was found battered to death in Gillside House, Roker, Sunderland, in May 1990.

Detectives last week arrested Grieveson at Full Sutton Prison, near York, where he is serving life for killing Sunderland teenagers Thomas Kelly, 18, and 15 year olds David Hanson and David Grieff.

He was questioned for several hours at Sunderland's Gill Bridge Police Station.

His arrest came after wrongly-accused Alvin White, of Seaburn, Sunderland, failed in his claims against Northumbria Police for unlawful imprisonment and malicious prosecution. DNA evidence cleared Mr White.

Grieveson's solicitor, Cecil Emmerson, said his client denied any involvement in Simon's murder.