A 44-year-old woman arrested on Thursday on suspicion of perverting the course of justice and aiding and abetting murder has been released under investigation pending further enquiries.

The woman, from Burnley, was apprehended by police in connection with the deaths of Dr Saman Mir Sacharvi, 49, and a girl, believed to be her 14-year-old daughter, Vian Mangrio, whose bodies were sadly found at an address on Colne Road, Reedley, on October 1.

The discoveries were made after officers were called at around 8.45am to a report of concern for safety.

There was also evidence of smoke and fire damage inside the address.

A Home Office post-mortem investigation revealed Dr Sacharvi died as a result of pressure to the neck and that she had also suffered an assault.

The second body has yet to be formally identified but is believed to be Miss Mangrio.

The post-mortem investigation remains ongoing for her and no cause of death established, though police have confirmed she was found badly burnt inside the address.

A 51-year-old man has since been charged with the murders of Miss Mangrio and Dr Sacharvi and appeared at Blackburn magistrates court on Friday morning.

Shabaz Khan, 51, of Ribble Avenue, Burnley, was charged with two offences of murder and a further offence of arson being reckless as to whether life is endangered.

He is due to appear before Preston Crown Court on Tuesday.

Det Supt Jon Holmes, Head of Major Crime at Lancashire Police, said: “Our thoughts remain with Saman and Vian’s family and we have officers supporting them at this awful time.

“We are continuing to ask anybody with information about this incident to get in touch with us.

"If you were in the area and saw something suspicious, have dashcam or CCTV from the area or have any other information, we would ask you to contact us straight away.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact police as soon as possible through the dedicated Major Incident Portal at mipp.police.uk/operation/0401020119P01-PO1 or on 101, quoting log 0429 of October 3rd.

Alternatively independent charity Crimestoppers can be reached anonymously on 0800 555 111 or at crimestoppers-uk.org.