We wanted to update you about an ongoing investigation in Portsmouth.

Officers investigating the death of Samantha Murphy in Portsmouth have now charged a man with her murder.

We were called at 7:37am on Thursday 5 June, to a report that 32-year-old Samantha’s body had been located at a house on Wadham Road in Portsmouth.

Charlie James Jeans, aged 30, of Margate Road in Southsea has been charged with murder and remanded into custody.

He is due to appear at Portsmouth Magistrates Court today (Tuesday 10 June).

A 41-year-old man from Portsmouth who was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender has been released on conditional bail until 9 September whilst enquiries continue.

A 32-year-old man from Petersfield and a 32-year-old man from Havant previously arrested on suspicion of murder have been released on conditional bail until 5 September.