Orton Malborne murder investigation: police charge 33-year-old ahead of magistrates' court appearance

A post-mortem is also due to take place later today.

Police have charged a 33-year-old man after a murder investigation was launched on Wednesday (June 29).

Police at the scene in Lythemere.placeholder image
Police at the scene in Lythemere.

Adam Merritt, 33, of Lythemere, Orton Malborne, has been charged with murder after a man in his 60s was found with injuries and declared dead shortly after at a property in Lythemere in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Merritt was arrested at the scene and it due to appear at Huntingdon Magistrates’ Court this morning (30 June).

Detectives are not looking for anyone else in connection with the death at this time, and it is being treated as an isolated incident.

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