Eleven arrests over body in Birmingham shed

The body was found on Carlton Road

Eleven people have been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a man found dead in a Birmingham shed.

The body was found at a property on Carlton Road, Bordesley Green, at about 23.30 BST on Friday.

The man is yet to be formally identified but police said he was believed to be a 34-year-old from the Yardley area, reported missing on Thursday.

They said they believed the 11 people arrested were known to the man.

'Swift action'

They are: Five men aged 45, 33, 28, 24 and 23, four women aged 50, 41, 25 and 19 and two boys, both aged 15.

A post-mortem examination is yet to take place.

West Midlands Police called on anyone who saw the man's car - a white Toyota Yaris registration FM64 PHU - in and around Carlton Road in the last two days to come forward.

The car was found about a mile away in Adderley Road on Friday.

Det Insp Warren Hines said: "We are currently treating his death as suspicious and we took swift action to arrest 11 people at the scene - who we believe were known to the man - on suspicion of his murder."