SUFFOLK police are today investigating after the body of a man was found in a garden.The grim discovery was made at around 10pm last night in a remote road near Rattlesden.

SUFFOLK police are today investigating after the body of a man was found in a garden.

The grim discovery was made at around 10pm last night in a remote road near Rattlesden.

Ambulance crews were called to the scene in Woolpit Road near Rattlesden but the man was dead.

Today the house remains cordoned off and police are on guard as detectives investigate what is being termed as an unexplained death.

A spokesman for Suffolk police said that no formal identification has yet taken place but the body is believed to be that of a 49-year-old man.

An ambulance service spokeswoman confirmed they had attended an address in Rattlesden at around 10.10pm yesterday after being called by a member of the public.