Police launch murder probe

A murder investigation has been launched after the body of a 61-year-old man was discovered in a garden.

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Officers were called to a property in the Scholars Gate area of Burntwood, Staffordshire, in the early hours of yesterday morning.

A woman has been arrested in connection with the death and is in police custody.

A Staffordshire Police spokesman, describing the incident as a "domestic murder", said: "On arrival the body of a man was found in the rear garden of the address."