A MAN and a woman have been found dead in a North East home.
Police have said the deaths of the 33-year-old man and a 73-year-old woman were not suspicious.
Police received a report of concern for the welfare of two occupants at an address in South Shields, on Monday, December 20.
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Officers attended the property in School Approach and found the pair unresponsive, a spokesperson for Northumbria Police said.
They were pronouced dead at the scene.
A report is now being prepared for the coroner's office.
A Northumbria Police spokesman said: "Officers attended the scene where a 33-year-old man and a 73-year-old woman were found unresponsive inside the address.
"Sadly they were pronounced dead at the scene.
"The deaths are being treated as non-suspicious and a report has been prepared for the coroner."
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