belfasttelegraph

Sunday 19 May 2013

Arrests over murder of man in 60s

Three people have been arrested after a body was found by police

Three people, including a 76-year-old, have been arrested on suspicion of murder after the body of a man was discovered by police.

Police officers attended an address in Elswick, Newcastle, on Saturday afternoon after they received a report of concern for a man.

There, officers from Northumbria Police discovered the body of a man believed to be in his 60s.

As a result three people, a 43-year-old woman and two men aged 53 and 76, have been arrested on suspicion of murder and are in custody.

The cause of death has yet to be established and a Home Office post-mortem examination is due to be carried out.

An investigation is under way to establish the full circumstances of the death and police are appealing for information about the incident.

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