A HAMPSHIRE man has appeared in court after being 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.

He appeared before Plymouth Magistrates Court 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 also found that Mr Munday sustained serious injuries which were not related to the fire.