Man charged with murder after two people stabbed to death in Derbyshire home on New Year’s Day​​​​​​​

Rhys Hancock, 39, has been charged with killing Helen Hancock and Martin Griffiths, after the pair were found fatally stabbed at an address in the village of Duffield, near Belper.

Mr Hancock, of Portland Street, Etwall, will appear at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court in Derby on Friday.

Mrs Hancock, also 39 and from Duffield, and father-of-two Martin Griffiths, 48, from Derby, were discovered at the detached property on New Zealand Lane after officers from Derbyshire Constabulary were called at 4.11am.

Mr Griffiths and Mrs Hancock, whose maiden name was Almey, were pronounced dead at the scene.

A section of the street is closed and small area of shops is also cordoned off while officers carried out their investigations.