{"id":335407,"date":"2025-12-25T19:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T19:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/335407\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T19:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T19:46:08","slug":"woman-in-her-80s-dies-on-christmas-day-after-serious-assault-inside-flat-in-devizes-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/335407\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman in her 80s dies on Christmas Day after serious assault inside flat in Devizes | UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police say a woman in her 80s has died after a serious assault inside a flat in Wiltshire on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<p>A 63-year-old woman who is known to the victim has been arrested on suspicion of murder, said Wiltshire Police.<\/p>\n<p>She has been taken to hospital with non life-changing injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Police officers and paramedics were called to the address in Keepers Road, Devizes, early in the morning, but the victim was declared dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/skynews-keepers-road-devizes_7119214.jpg\"   alt=\"Keepers Road in Devizes\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Image:<br \/>\n        Keepers Road in Devizes<\/p>\n<p>Detective Inspector Alan Smith said: &#8220;This is a tragic incident in which an elderly woman has lost her life on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have arrested a woman who is known to the victim and I can confirm we are not looking for anyone else in connection with it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Local residents will see an increased policing presence over the coming days. If you have any concerns, or you have any information, please don&#8217;t hesitate to speak to one of our officers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Inquiries are taking place to identify the victim&#8217;s next of kin.<\/p>\n<p>A cordon set up at the address is likely to remain in place for the rest of Christmas Day and into Boxing Day, police said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police say a woman in her 80s has died after a serious assault inside a flat in Wiltshire&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-335407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}