Rob HydePublished: Invalid Date THE British ex-head of design at Rolls Royce has been stabbed to death on his doorstep Ian Cameron was found dead at home on Friday evening with cops now launching a manhunt for the killer The 74-year-old was found by police in the entrance area of his Herrsching am Ammersee, Bavaria home after a man was said to have approached the home and stabbed him Police said: “The investigation suggests that this was a violent crime." was able to escape over a wall during the attack to the neighbour's house and called emergency services Cameron is a vintage car expert and was known to have kept a number of high value artefacts at his £3m mansion The killer is said to have left the home and escaped on foot. Police said there is no wider threat to the public and are using dogs and a helicopter to try and find the killer. An official said: “If cables were actually cut there, that sounds like good preparation. But it is extremely rare that a burglar or a robber who prepares himself in this way then stabs and kills.” with light trousers and a dark blue hooded sweatshirt The suspect also had a red backpack and yellow-green gloves Cameron was a "legendary" car designer according to Rolls Royce He retired from the company in 2013 after 20 years at the company and 13 years as head of design Cameron worked on the design of cars including the 3 Series and Ghost before retiring from the company in 2013 After his retirement he worked as a brand ambassador for Rolls Royce before launching his own design consultancy Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/ Ian Cameron died following the attack at his home in the Mühlfeld district of Bavaria on Friday evening. Ian Cameron, who previously led the design team for Phantom and Ghost models of cars, was assaulted by a man on Zur Kohlstatt Street in the Mühlfeld district of Herrsching, Bavaria on Friday, July 12 around 9.20pm. Police said Mr Cameron’s wife was able to flee to a nearby property to contact police, however the 74-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene. An extensive search operation was launched in a bid to find Mr Cameron’s attacker, who is described as male, around 5ft 9in tall and was wearing light trousers and a dark blue hooded sweatshirt, red backpack and yellow/green gloves. A police helicopter, federal police patrols and several dog handlers were deployed in the search for the man. Divers were also deployed, searching relevant areas of the shore of Lake Ammersee for evidence. Police added there is no indication of a wider threat to the public. In a statement, German police said: “The police are asking witnesses who made suspicious observations in the Mühlfeld district on Friday evening or who can provide information about the fugitive perpetrator to contact the Fürstenfeldbruck criminal investigation department on 08141/6120. “Due to the incident, the Herrsching police station is on duty in the Mühlfeld district at night and is visible and approachable to the public. “However, the police currently have no indications that would indicate a further danger to the public.” In a statement, Rolls Royce said: “We were deeply shocked by the reports from Germany concerning Ian Cameron, who was the director of design at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars from 1999 – 2012. “Ian played a significant role in shaping Rolls-Royce from when it was first acquired by BMW Group and moved to its Home at Goodwood, West Sussex. “During Ian’s tenure he led the design team for all Phantom family and Ghost models, creating thoroughly contemporary motor cars that remained sympathetic to the marque’s design lineage. “Our thoughts are with his family and friends during this very difficult time.” STV News is now on WhatsAppGet all the latest news from around the country Follow STV News Follow STV News on WhatsAppScan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country '+scriptOptions._localizedStrings.webview_notification_text+' "+scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_title+" "+scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_text+" The TimesA former head of design at Rolls-Royce has been stabbed to death on the doorstep of his home beside a Bavarian lake a Briton who had won industry awards for his work on the Ghost and Phantom models was killed by an unknown man who fled the scene at Herrsching am Ammersee a country area 25 miles southwest of Munich Cameron’s German wife who is also a car designer escaped to a neighbour’s house and alerted the emergency services She is reported to have got away by jumping over a wall Police are conducting a nationwide manhunt for the suspect who is described as 180-190cm (5ft 11in to 6ft 1in) tall He was carrying a red rucksack and wore yellow-green medieval squares and castles loom large among our readers’ picks from Bavaria to the North Sea Winning tip: A ‘film set’ close to the Polish borderWe arrived in Görlitz to find it packed with peasants swilling beer from pewter mugs and devouring sausages to a background of drums and pipes That’s understandable: Görlitz is jammed with arcaded squares ancient towers and magnificent churches that have bedazzled film-makers from Tarantino to Wes Anderson We lucked into the building that served as the Grand Budapest Hotel – actually an art nouveau department store We went to Poland for a beer – the town of Zgorzelec is just over the River Neisse – before returning to Görlitz for carousing Photograph: robertharding/AlamyWe had a great family holiday in the Black Forest near Oppenau It’s a beautiful old small town but the best thing about it was the huge Best of all when you pay your tourist tax you receive free entry and free train travel around the Black Forest region This means you can explore the small towns Taking the boat to Dießen am Ammersee is also a must as is hiring a bike to explore the many fairytale Bavarian villages nearby.Tom Every week we ask our readers for recommendations from their travels. 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To enter the latest competition visit the readers' tips homepage especially if you are a fan of reformation history and there is a shop where you can by anything in Martin Luther form an ideal way to see some of the least-known natural landscapes in Germany.Gerard Gordon celebrating the town’s long and prestigious history.Graeme Black The walks along the River Weser are lovely too.Nigel Gann Photograph: AlamyMühlhausen and you can hear organ music in the church where he worked who opposed both the Roman Catholic church and Martin Luther preached here and was executed outside the city in 1525 The medieval centre is one of the largest in Germany with beautiful churches and buildings wherever you look behind one of which is the town hall where a friendly civil servant can lead you to the amazing painted council chamber The train journey goes through quiet countryside to the sleepy station far from the bustle of the big cities.Barbara Forbes I visited the free museum upstairs and saw Thorsten Ackemann and Gordon Robb of the Department of Physics have been leading the organisation of a winter school on "Collective Effects Structured Light and Quantum Matter" in Herrsching am Ammersee near Munich Giuseppe Baio from the Computational Quantum and Nonlinear Optics group of the Department of Physics won a joint prize for the best student talk at the Winter School which took place in Herrsching from March 4-8 2019 Giuseppe’s student contribution on "Optomechanical self-structuring of cold atoms with structured light" had been upgraded to a talk by a student-led selection committee and he received the joint prize for the best student talk voted on by all participants The prize has been kindly supported by the Quantum Optics Quantum Information and Quantum Control Group of The Institute of Physics We are grateful to  the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance the Institute of Physics’s Quantum Electronics and Photonics Group and Quantum Optics Quantum Information and Quantum Control Group and the Optical Society OSA for co-sponsoring Participants of the winter school in beautiful Haus der Bayrischen Landwirtschaft Senior District ReporterPublished: Invalid Date THE first pictures of the suspect wanted for killing a former Rolls-Royce chief emerged as a manhunt to track him reached a third day The tall, blonde suspect was seen in the can toiletries aisle of a supermarket just hours before millionaire Ian Cameron, 74, was knifed in a raid at his home in Germany Cops in Bavaria were continuing to pursue the suspect for a third day today British-born Mr Cameron is said to have been knocked to the ground as he answered a ring at his door - before later being found stabbed to death His wife - previously a leading designer at BMW - ran to a neighbour's property where she called the police Neighbours reported previously seeing the suspect around the property, raising the spectre it had been a planned break-in at the £2m property where Mr Cameron kept vintage cars Mr Cameron, who worked for Rolls from 1999 to 2012, kept a number of high-value vehicles at his property in Herrsching am Ammersee, 50 miles west of Munich. An official said: "If cables were actually cut there, that sounds like good preparation. "But it is extremely rare that a burglar or a robber who prepares himself in this way then stabs and kills." Police said there is no wider threat to the public and are using dogs and a helicopter to try and find the killer They described the suspect as 180cm to 190cm tall Cameron was a "legendary" car designer according to Rolls Royce he worked as a brand ambassador for Rolls Royce before launching his own design consultancy