Police are now treating the death of a man in Kenton, Newcastle, as suspected murder.
The body of a man in his fifties was found by ambulance crews in a patch of grass on Brigham Close on Friday night (January 20), with the police notified at around 8.20pm.
A large cordon was set up and a full investigation launched shortly after. And this morning, police have confirmed that with the man’s severe facial injuries, the incident is being treated as suspected murder.
