A 40-year-old man charged with the murders of three Bradford women who worked as prostitutes, is due to appear before magistrates¹ later.

英国某男子涉嫌谋杀布拉德福德地区三名妓女而遭控诉，该男子将接受地方法官审判。

Stephen Griffiths was arrested at his home on Monday

Stephen Griffiths is accused of murdering Suzanne Blamires, 36, Shelley Armitage, 31, and Susan Rushworth, 43.

Mature student（成人学生） Mr Griffiths, of Thornton Road, Bradford, will be remanded（发回更审） in custody² to appear in the afternoon at the city's crown court.

Body parts found in the River Aire on Tuesday were from Ms Blamires.

She had lived in Barkston Walk, Allerton, and was last seen on 21 May.

Ms Armitage, also from Allerton, has been missing since 26 April and Ms Rushworth, from the Manningham area of the city, dissappeared on 22 June last year.

Mr Griffiths, reported to be a psychology³（心理学） graduate undertaking⁴ postgraduate⁵（研究生） research in criminology（犯罪学） at Bradford University, was arrested on Monday at his home on the edge of the city's red-light district.

He lived in a third-floor flat in Thornton Road, a short distance from Bradford city centre.

The decision to charge Mr Griffiths was authorised by Peter Mann of the Crown Prosecution⁶ Service.

Police continued to search the flats in Thornton Road on Thursday and have sealed off an area around the complex（复合体，综合设施） .