Overview
- Emergency crews were called to a Park Avenue home at about 9.21pm on 26 November, where a man in his 50s was pronounced dead despite advanced life support.
- Staffordshire Police arrested two 31-year-old men, a 29-year-old man, a 22-year-old woman and a boy from the Stoke-on-Trent area on suspicion of murder.
- A substantial cordon was established on nearby Park Road with blue tarpaulin over a property as forensic work and house-to-house inquiries continued.
- Police said the incident has been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct and that there is no believed wider risk to the public.
- Express reports the five suspects have since been released on conditional bail while inquiries continue.