A MAN arrested on Monday in connection with the discovery of a woman's body found next to a footpath on the Suffolk/Norfolk border was today charged with murder.

A MAN arrested on Monday in connection with the discovery of a woman's body next to a footpath on the Suffolk/Norfolk border was today charged with murder.

A Polish national, Mariusz Jan Bernadek, 43, was the current partner of the victim, Marzewa Karbowniak.

He is due to appear before King's Lynn Magistrates tomorrow morning at 10am.

The body of 42-year-old Marzewa Karbowniak was discovered on Monday morning, just before 7am, near the Water Meadows, between the Abbey Estate and Thetford town centre.