Murder charge over guest house body

A man has been charged with murder after another man's body was discovered with head injuries at a guest house.

Richard Wilton, 58, was found in a Poole guest house on Monday at 2350 BST.

Police officers called to the property in Wimborne Road by Dorset Ambulance Service, found the deceased had "sustained severe head injuries".

The 52-year-old man, of no fixed abode, has not been fully identified, but police say he has the surname McDonald.

He will appear before magistrates in Bournemouth on Thursday morning.

A post-mortem investigation has revealed the man died from a severe beating with a blunt instrument.