A man arrested in connection with the suspected murder of his wife is back in hospital - just hours after being taken into police custody.

Husband Stuart Andrews received medical treatment for self-inflicted injuries shortly after the death of Benenden supply teacher Caroline Andrews.

Police confirmed earlier today that the 54-year-old Oxford graduate was discharged from hospital last night.

He was taken into police custody, but is now back in hospital.

A police statement said: "A man detained in connection with a suspicious death in Benenden has been transferred back into hospital for further medical care.

"The 54-year-old had previously been discharged from hospital on 9 February and taken into custody, as part of an on-going investigation into the murder of a woman in the village last week."

Andrews was arrested in London on Friday following a massive 24-hour manhunt which led to dozens of armed police boarding a train at Gillingham station.

The body of 52-year-old Mrs Andrews was found at the couple's rented home in The Street, Benenden, though Kent Police refuse to give any further details about the circumstances of her death.

A post mortem examination of Mrs Andrews took place on Friday and the death is being treated as a murder inquiry.

At the time news broke of the death, police would only say that the woman and man were known to each other.

Mrs Andrews, a mother of four, was a supply teacher at Benenden Primary School which now has a statement on its website acknowledging the tragedy.

It says: The tragic death of Caroline Andrews has left the staff at Benenden CE School shocked and saddened.

"Caroline and her family live in the village and are well known to the school.

"Caroline has been a loved and well respected supply teacher here for a number of years, who has enriched the lives of the many children she has taught.

"At the present time we cannot comment on what has happened but our thoughts and prayers are with her family, and all who knew her and will miss her."

The exact cause of death has not yet been officially confirmed but an inquest is expected to open shortly.

Prayers were said on Sunday morning at the village church, St George’s in Benenden.

The tragedy for the village was so inescapable that the Rector, the Rev David Commander, acknowledged it at the start of a baptism service.

He said: "I introduced the service by saying what we know had happened and prayers were said.

"This has stunned the whole village. I knew Mrs Andrews through her work at the primary school as it is a church school. I knew her as a very well respected and loved teacher. She was a very pleasant lady."