A 37-year-old man has been named as the alleged victim in a murder probe ahead of a court hearing. 

A 42-year-old man is to appear in Suffolk Magistrates Court this morning accused of murder.

Jay Cotterill, of Ipswich Avenue in Sutton Heath, has been charged with murder after a 37-year-old man was stabbed to death outside a property in the village on Sunday night. 

In court documents, the accused is charged with murdering Richard Hunt. 

Jay Cotterill has also been charged with assault causing actual bodily harm in connection with an assault on a woman which is also said to have happened on Sunday night.