A MAN from Bournemouth has been charged with the murder of millionaire businessman Amarjit Chohan and four members of his family.

Former accountant William Horncy, 51, was accused of murdering Mr Chohan, his wife Nancy, 25, their young sons Ravinder and Devinder and Mr Chohan's mother-in-law Charanjit Kaur, 51.

Horncy, currently unemployed, of Adeline Road, Boscombe, was due to appear at West London magistrates court yesterday afternoon.

Haulage boss Mr Chohan, 46, and his family vanished from their home in Heston, west London, about February 16 and a police investigation was launched after the alarm was raised by relatives.

Mr Chohan's body was found floating in the sea near Bournemouth Pier on April 22 and the body of his wife Nancy Chohan was found later in the water at Poole Bay.

Police believe Ravinder, 19 months, four-month-old Devinder, and Mrs Kaur were also murdered.

Horncy has also been charged with kidnapping Mr Chohan, false imprisonment, perverting the course of justice and preventing the burial of Mr Chohan.

Horncy was arrested at 8.30pm on Tuesday and interviewed at a London police station.

Police have already charged one man, Peter Rees, 38, from Portsmouth with the murders and with preventing Mr Chohan's burial.

Another suspect Kenneth Regan, 54, also known to some as Kenneth Avery, from Salisbury, awaits extradition proceedings after being arrested in Belgium on August 2 in connection with the murders.