A 33-YEAR-OLD man has been released on bail after being arrested on suspicion of murdering his brother.

A 33-YEAR-OLD man has been released on bail after being arrested on suspicion of murdering his brother.

Adam Child was arrested after brother Andrew's death, in Great Oakley, Harwich, on Friday.

Police and paramedics were called to a house in Harwich Road at about 7.10pm.

Andrew, 27, of Bullfinch Close, Harwich, was taken to Colchester General Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.

A post-mortem examination, held on Saturday, revealed the preliminary cause of his death to be asphyxiation.