POLICE continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a man whose body was found on Christmas Day 2023, leaving the community of Workington in shock.

On Tuesday, December 26 Cumbria Police announced that a man had been arrested and a murder investigation launched after the body was found in a house on Clay Street.

Cumbria Police said they were contacted by the North West Ambulance Service shortly before 5.55pm on Monday, December 25.

This came after a man, in his 30s, was found deceased in his home address. 

A 38-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder.

The arrested man remains on police bail almost four months on from the incident, police said.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police. You can report online at cumbria.police.uk/report-it, quoting incident number 98 of December 25, 2023. You can also call 101 quoting the same incident number.