POLICE have charged a man with murder after a body was found at a house.

The discovery was made at a property in Stakeford, Northumberland.

Paul Johnson, 33, of Cleasewell Hill, Guide Post in Ashington has been charged with murder and is due to appear at Bedlington Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday. He is currently remanded in police custody.

Officers were called to an address in Ford Park on Saturday (October 6) where they found the body of 47-year-old Steven Coulson.