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Man arrested after woman dies in street

Alex Pope
News imageZoe Applegate/BBC A police car and a police officer by a closed road, with a blue police sign placed on the road. There are red and white traffic cones and tape across the road. Other cars are in the street and a row of houses, to the right. There are also green bushes to the right. Zoe Applegate/BBC
Yarmouth Road has been cordoned off while police conduct inquiries

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found injured in a street.

Norfolk Police was called to Catherine Gardens, Thorpe St Andrew, close to Norwich, at about 23:45 GMT on Saturday and a woman in her 40s was declared dead at the scene.

A man in his 60s was arrested in Dereham Road on Sunday morning and remains in police custody.

A police spokesperson said it was thought the man and woman knew each other.

News imageAngie George/BBC A road, with a number of houses and shops on it, with a number of police officers in high-vis jackets in it. There are two police vehicles and traffic cones in the street. Angie George/BBC
Yarmouth Road is closed from the Pound Lane junction following the alleged murder

Officers remain at both locations and Yarmouth Road is expected to be closed for several hours from its junction with Pound Lane to the junction with School Avenue.

Det Supt Stacey Murray said: "We are in the early stages of this investigation, working to establish the sequence of events which led to the woman's death.

"However, we do believe this to be an incident in which both parties are known to each other."

She appealed for anyone with information to get in touch.

News imageRichard Knights/BBC A blue "Police No Entry" sign and a red "Road Closed" sig in front of barriers put across a road. A police officer with his back to the camera stands in front of a marked police car. Richard Knights/BBC
Yarmouth Road, which leads to Catherine Gardens, is expected to be closed for several hours

Part of Dereham Road, close to its junction with Bowthorpe Road and on the western side of the city, has also been sealed off by police.

Forensic officers have been seen entering a house, which is inside the cordon and stretches for about 35m (115ft).

News imageRichard Knights/BBC A police officer is standing in the road behind a cordon. Another officer is crouching behind a camera on a tripod and a second uniformed officer is speaking to a forensic investigator, dressed in white overalls, and standing next to a forensic services van. Parked cars are inside the cordon and terraced houses are on either side of the street.Richard Knights/BBC
Part of Dereham Road, close to the junction with Bowthorpe Road, has also been sealed off

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