Woman found dead at house in Cheshire

An 80-year-old man has been arrested after a pensioner was found dead at a house in Cheshire.

Police were called to The Furrows, Great Sutton in Ellesmere Port on Monday morning and found the body of a 79-year-old woman.

A Home Office post mortem has concluded on a 79 year  old woman found dead at a house in The Furrows, Great Sutton died as a result of a blunt force trauma to the head.

An 80-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder but after an assessment was detained under Section 2 of the Mental Health Act.