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| Relative held over family deaths | |
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| Police are waiting to question a 33-year-old man over the deaths of a family of four in Newcastle. | |
| The man is said to be a relative of two adults and two children, discovered in Hawthorn Gardens on Tuesday morning. | |
| No details of the dead people have been officially released, but it is understood the children are a girl aged about nine and a boy aged about five. | |
| Police said the man was arrested at an address in Gateshead, but was not yet medically fit to be questioned. | |
| Officers discovered the bodies when they arrived at the property, in the Kenton area of the city, "acting on information received". | Officers discovered the bodies when they arrived at the property, in the Kenton area of the city, "acting on information received". |
| Neighbours shocked | Neighbours shocked |
| A spokeswoman for Northumbria Police said the man, who has not yet been named, was receiving medical treatment and would be questioned as soon as he was fit. | |
| Hawthorn Gardens is in a quiet residential area and is made up of semi-detached homes with enclosed gardens. | Hawthorn Gardens is in a quiet residential area and is made up of semi-detached homes with enclosed gardens. |
| Neighbours spoke of their shock when the area was cordoned off. | Neighbours spoke of their shock when the area was cordoned off. |
| Elizabeth Cessford, whose garden backs on to the house, said: "I'm absolutely devastated. | Elizabeth Cessford, whose garden backs on to the house, said: "I'm absolutely devastated. |
| "I would see the children playing on the trampoline jumping up and down and having a really good time. I would think they were really happy children. | "I would see the children playing on the trampoline jumping up and down and having a really good time. I would think they were really happy children. |
| "I didn't really know the family, but I'm absolutely shocked by what has happened." | "I didn't really know the family, but I'm absolutely shocked by what has happened." |
| Another property, less than a mile away in Rydal Road, Gosforth, was also sealed off by police who carried out a search in connection with the investigation. | Another property, less than a mile away in Rydal Road, Gosforth, was also sealed off by police who carried out a search in connection with the investigation. |