A full-scale police investigation has been launched after a man's body was found in a garden.

Police were called to a home in Wadard's Meadow, Witney, at 10.30am this morning, after the body was discovered in the garden by a householder.

The man is believed to have been in his late 20s or early 30s.

The death is being treated as unexplained. Police have not ruled out murder.

Detectives, uniformed officers and scene of crime investigators are, this afternoon, examining the scene.

A Thames Valley Police spokesman said: "We are launching an investigation to find out who the person is and how they came to be there."

One resident, who asked not to be named, said: "There are loads of police down here, and the area has been sealed off.

"We don't know what has happened."