Death of man in hospital oven 'not suspicious'

Police said the patient was found dead inside a catering oven at Kettering General Hospital

A police force has said it is not treating the death of a patient found in a hospital catering oven as suspicious.

The man was found dead at Kettering General Hospital in Northamptonshire.

Northamptonshire Police said a report was being prepared for a coroner.

The hospital said staff were working with the police.

Northamptonshire Police said it was called to the "sudden death" of the man at the hospital on Friday.

It added in a statement: "We are not treating this death as suspicious and will be preparing a report for the coroner."

Julie Hogg, the chief nurse at the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group, said: "We are working with Northamptonshire Police so that they can complete a report for the coroner into the circumstances of this tragic incident."