25/08/2015

Man Arrested Following Suspicious Death In Devon

A 49-year-old man has been arrested following the suspicious death of another man in Devon.

The 48-year-old victim was discovered at 6:10pm at St Barnabas Church in Dartmouth on 22 August.

Emergency services treated the man at the scene but he was later pronounced dead.

A 43-year-old man has also been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.

Both suspects, from Dartmouth, have been bailed until November pending further enquiries.

A murder investigation has now been launched into the death.

Det Insp Steve Davies said: "We believe there were a lot of people in the area at the time of this incident and I would ask anyone who witnessed what happened or the events before and after to contact police."

(LM)

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