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18/02/2010
Man Found Dead In Hotel
Detectives have appealed for information following the death of a 32-year-old man in Westminster.
Police were called to reports of the body of a man found in a third-floor room at a hotel in Marylebone Road, NW1 on Monday afternoon.
Officers and paramedics from the London Ambulance Service attended the address and the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
The death is being treated as suspicious and is being investigated by officers from the Metropolitan Police Service's Homicide and Serious Crime Command.
Officers believe they know the identity of the deceased, who is from Saudi Arabia, but await formal identification before releasing his name. Enquiries to trace his next of kin are under way.
It is believed the victim had suffered head injuries and officers await the results of a post mortem examination, which is taking place today, Tuesday 16 February.
A man in his 30s was arrested in Westminster in connection with the death and was taken to a central London police station where he remains in custody.
(PR/GK)
Police were called to reports of the body of a man found in a third-floor room at a hotel in Marylebone Road, NW1 on Monday afternoon.
Officers and paramedics from the London Ambulance Service attended the address and the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
The death is being treated as suspicious and is being investigated by officers from the Metropolitan Police Service's Homicide and Serious Crime Command.
Officers believe they know the identity of the deceased, who is from Saudi Arabia, but await formal identification before releasing his name. Enquiries to trace his next of kin are under way.
It is believed the victim had suffered head injuries and officers await the results of a post mortem examination, which is taking place today, Tuesday 16 February.
A man in his 30s was arrested in Westminster in connection with the death and was taken to a central London police station where he remains in custody.
(PR/GK)
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