Four Bailed Whilst Enquiries Continue into Unexplained Deaths

Four people have been bailed pending further enquiries after two unexplained deaths in the South Bank area.

 

Officers were called to a property in Ajax Way in South Bank on the evening of Monday 18^th September following concerns for an occupant of the address.

 

Sadly, the body of a 35-year-old woman was found.

 

Around 10:30am on Tuesday 19^th September officers were called to a report of a sudden death at a property on South Court in South Bank where a second woman, aged 38, had passed away.

 

Enquiries into both deaths are continuing and, at this time, police are treating the deaths as unexplained whilst tests are being carried out to establish the cause of their deaths.

 

Formal identification of the two women has taken place and their families have been informed.

 

A 43-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of administering a noxious substance in relation to both incidents.

 

Two men aged 47 and a 39-year-old woman were arrested on suspicion of administering a noxious substance in connection with the death at South Court.

 

All remain on bail whilst enquiries are ongoing.