A teenager has been charged with the murder of an elderly man in his Christchurch home.
The 16-year-old was among a number of people interviewed by police after the man's body was found with unexplained injuries in his Upper Riccarton house earlier today.
Police were called to the Owens Tce address at 9.30am and found the man, the owner and occupier of the house, dead inside.
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The house remains cordoned off, along with a second Christchurch property. Scene guards are at each property as police forensic teams carry out scene examinations.