Police are on the scene and a cordon is in place at the site of a murder investigation in Oxford

Pictures taken this morning show an on-going police presence outside a block of flats, while an alleyway between Brome Place and Fettiplace Road is closed off. 

Thames Valley Police announced late last night that they had launched a murder investigation after a man was found dead in a property on the road.

READ MORE: Murder investigation launched after man found dead in Oxford house

Oxford Mail:

The police were called to the property at around 11.30am on Sunday morning to check on the welfare of a man in his fifties.

The man had allegedly been assaulted at the shops near Underhill Circus on Saturday evening and was taken home by friends.

He did not record the incident to police or seek medical advice.

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Officers discovered his body, with facial and head injuries, in the property during their checks.

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