A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of an elderly man in Dockenfield.

The body of a man in his 80s was discovered by police at a residential address last Thursday evening.

Two days later, on Saturday, police received "information" regarding the man’s death and arrested a man in his 50s.

The death is is being treated as an isolated incident and a post-mortem will be carried out "in due course".