Sudden death investigation underway in Leicestershire

Detectives have launched an investigation following the discovery of a man’s body, and a woman with serious injuries, inside a house in Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire.

Officers were called to a house in Holland Crescent yesterday afternoon after receiving a report that a woman had been seriously injured.

The woman remains in a serious but stable condition in hospital. Officers also found the body of a man inside the house, the cause of his death remains unclear.

A child found unharmed inside the house is currently being cared for by relatives.