Five murder arrests as man found dead

Tom BurgessNorth East and Cumbria
News imageGoogle Egglescliffe Close has a row of terraced bungalows with a black fence in front of them. A sign attached to the fence reads "Egglescliffe Close". It is a Google Maps screenshot.Google
A 49-year-old man was found dead in a house on Egglecliffe Close in Stockton on Saturday

Five people have been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a 49-year-old man.

Police were called to an address on Egglescliffe Close in Stockton at 18:50 GMT on Saturday, where the man was found dead.

Three men, one aged 19 and two aged 18, and two 17-year-old boys have been arrested over the death and taken into custody, Cleveland Police says.

The force appealed to anyone with information or footage to get in touch.

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