A BASINGSTOKE man has been charged with the murder of a man in Devon.

Stuart Hodgkin, who is 40 and originally from Basingstoke, was charged with the murder of Adrian Munday yesterday.

Mr Munday, who was 51-years-old, was found dead at a property in Wain Lane on October 6 and police found there was a fire at the address which was extinguished before police arrived.

A post mortem examination also found that Mr Munday sustained serious injuries which were not related to the fire.

Hodgkin will appear before Plymouth Magistrates’ Court today.