St Leonards flat fall death: Five arrested Published duration 1 January 2017

image caption Police said the man had apparently fallen from a flat above

Five people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after man fell through a ceiling in St Leonards.

Emergency teams called to a block of flats in Charles Road in the early hours said the man had apparently fallen from a flat above.

Officers who were called to the scene at about 04:45 GMT said the man had gone through a utility room ceiling.

"Despite efforts to resuscitate him, he was pronounced dead at the scene," a spokesman for Sussex Police said.