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Murder inquiry under way after man, 63, found dead

Ben Parker/BBC A police car and police forensic van are parked at the side of Hawthorn Drive. Houses can be seen to the left of them with other vehicles parked on a grass verge.Ben Parker/BBC
Police were still at the scene in Hawthorn Drive in Ipswich on Thursday

A murder inquiry has been launched after a man was found dead in a house.

Suffolk Police was called to an address in Hawthorn Drive, Ipswich, shortly before 18:00 GMT on Wednesday.

It has named the victim as 63-year-old William McNicholl, known as Billy, who was from the town.

The preliminary results of a Home Office post-mortem examination on Saturday indicated he died from multiple injuries.

Ben Parker/BBC A forensic officer dressed in a white suit with a white hair net is pictured leaning over looking at something toward the ground in the side garden of a home which is behind a brick wall with an open fence door.Ben Parker/BBC
Forensic officers were investigating a property in the area

A police presence remains in place at the premises in Hawthorn Drive, near to the junction with Marigold Avenue.

Detectives want to hear from anybody with information about the case or who saw any suspicious activity near the property between Tuesday, 24 December and Wednesday, 1 January.

A formal inquest has yet to take place.

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