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A 38 year old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a pensioner was discovered dead at a flat in a market town.

Emergency services were called to the property on Brook Street in Raunds, Northants. , at around 3.40am on Wednesday (8/10).

Neighbours had dialled 999 after having concerns for the elderly resident in the flat above a hairdressers in the town centre.

The body of a man, aged in his 70s, was found inside and a woman, aged, 38, was arrested on suspicion of his murder.

She remains in custody being questioned by detectives as they continue to investigate the man's "sudden death".

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A Northamptonshire Police spokesperson said: "Detectives have launched a murder investigation and made an arrest following the death of a man in Raunds.

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