A 41 year old man was arrested in Gijón yesterday after admitting stabbing his 59 year old boyfriend to death at the home the couple shared in the Tremañes district to the west of the city.

The dead man, who is originally from Luarca, died of multiple stab wounds during the early hours of yesterday morning.

It appears that the relationship between the two men, who had been living together for around a year and a half, was widely known although they claimed to be stepbrothers.

The younger man was arrested at the crime scene after phoning the National Police to report the crime and give himself up.