EMERGENCY services rushed to the scene of a Braintree property in the early hours of the morning and a man in his 60s has been pronounced dead.

Essex Police officers and the East of England Ambulance Service rushed to Camulus Close, in Braintree, at 5am, on Sunday after being called to the area.

Sadly, it has been confirmed that the man in his 60s was found dead at the scene.

A spokesman for Essex Police said: “We were called by ambulance service colleagues to an address in Camulus Close, Braintree, at 5am, Sunday June 9.

“Officers arrived and, sadly, found a man aged in his 60s had died.”

The man’s death is not being treated as suspicious and a file is being prepared for the coroner.