A well known Monmouth business woman was found dead in her home at Catbrook on Monday.

Wendy Cleal, who was 46, was in business as a massage therapist based at Bridges Community Centre in Monmouth,

The Beacon understands that family and close friends became concerned when they were unable to contact her.

Local man Andy Sherwill said on Tuesday that he had called at her house on Monday morning and became concerned when she failed to answer the door.

He contacted her parents and borrowed a ladder to look in through an upstairs window.

"Things didn't look quite right so I contacted the police," he said.

Officers from Chepstow and Monmouth Fire Brigade attended the scene and discovered her body.

Enquiries into her death are continuing. It has been suggested that part of the property was damaged by fire.