A 40-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a woman in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

Police were called to the address on Princes Road shortly after 9am on Saturday after receiving information the body of a woman was inside the property.

A woman, believed to be in her 30s, was discovered.

An initial Home Office post-mortem examination was conducted on Sunday and preliminary findings show the woman’s death was consistent with compression to the neck, Norfolk Constabulary said.

Adam Barnard, of Princes Road, Great Yarmouth, has been charged with the woman’s murder.

He has been remanded in custody and is due to appear at Norwich Magistrates’ Court on Monday.

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Norfolk Constabulary has referred itself to the police watchdog as it had been in contact with the woman before she died.

Detectives are continuing to appeal for any witnesses who may have seen or heard any suspicious activity in the Prinecs Road area to come forward.

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