Boys arrested after burglary victim dies

Two boys, aged 14 and 15, person been arrested connected suspicion of execution aft an 82-year-old died aft being injured during a burglary astatine her home.

The break-in is thought to person happened overnight from Friday to Saturday.

Her origin of decease is yet to beryllium confirmed.

Suffolk Police said the 2 boys, some from the Lowestoft area, had been taken to Martlesham Police Investigation Centre for questioning.

Officers were called to Ms Middleditch's location successful Grayson Avenue astatine astir 14:00 GMT connected Saturday aft relatives recovered her lying connected the floor.

She was said to person been recovered conscious and breathing but successful a superior condition, and was taken to the James Paget University Hospital successful Gorleston, Norfolk.

Ms Middleditch died successful the aboriginal hours of Monday.

A handbag that was stolen was recovered a abbreviated region distant connected Nelson Road, but her purse was missing, constabulary said.

Ms Middleditch's household described her arsenic a "strong, determined quality who loved beingness and her dog".

Floral tributes person been near extracurricular her location and radical surviving successful the southbound Lowestoft country person expressed daze astatine the incident.

Prayers were said and candles were lit for Ms Middleditch during a work astatine adjacent All Saints' and St Margaret's Church connected Wednesday morning.