Man, 51, charged after body found in flat
BBCA man has been charged with preventing the lawful burial of a woman after a body was discovered in a Devon flat, police have said.
Jamie Stevens, 51, from Reddenhill Road, Torquay, was charged of preventing the lawful and decent burial of a body in Torquay between 21 May 2022 and 28 May 2025, said Devon and Cornwall Police.
He was also charged with committing an act or series of acts with intent to pervert the course of justice between 10 April 2025 and 28 May 2025, the force said.
Detectives said they launched an investigation after a missing person's report was received last month.
The force said officers went to a flat on Upton Road on 27 May where the body of a local woman in her 30s was found.
It said formal identification was yet to be completed, within inquiries continuing to inform the woman's next of kin.
A forensic post-mortem examination was due to take place later this week and the death was currently being treated as unexplained, said police.
It said police would remain at the scene over the coming days.
Mr Stevens appeared in Plymouth Magistrates' Court earlier.
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