Northampton house fire: Murder arrests over man's death

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A man and a woman are being questioned on suspicion of murder after a man's body was found in a house fire in Northampton.

Police said the victim, named locally as Robert Chester, had died before the fire started at Rothersthorpe Road on Thursday.

A 38-year-old woman and 50-year-old man were arrested on Friday. Police believe they knew the man who died.

Formal identification has not yet taken place, a spokesman added.

A post-mortem examination conducted at Leicester Royal Infirmary on Friday concluded that he died before the fire started.

Officers are carrying out house-to-house enquiries in the Rothersthorpe Road area on Saturday and are asking anyone who saw anything suspicious on Thursday morning to contact them.

Police were alerted to the incident at about 12:00 BST on Thursday.