A man has been charged with the murder of a 26-year-old woman in Ipswich.

Emergency services were called to Burrell Road in Ipswich shortly after 7.10pm on August 6 following reports that a woman had been stabbed.

Officers who attended the scene found a woman who had suffered serious injuries and despite medical treatment she died a short time later in hospital.

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Logan Burnett, 27, of All Saints Road in Ipswich was arrested on suspicion of murder  yesterday morning and taken to Martlesham Police Station. 

Burnett was subsequently charged with murder and is due to appear before Ipswich Magistrates’ Court on August 9.

A Home Office post-mortem examination conducted this afternoon concluded that the victim's cause of death was fatal injuries from stab wounds inflicted to the chest.

The police cordon and road closure at Burrell Road has been lifted and is no longer in place. 

Suffolk Constabulary continues to appeal for anyone with any information regarding the incident to get in touch, quoting crime reference 37/44382/24.