A woman who was found dead in her flat in Great Yarmouth has been named locally.

Neighbours living on Middlegate have named the woman, who was in her 20s, as Charlotte Helen McDonald.

Charlotte McDonaldCharlotte McDonald (Image: Submitted)

Police were called to an address in Middlegate shortly after 2pm on Tuesday.

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Emergency services attended the scene but the woman was pronounced dead.

Police at the scene after the death of a young woman in Great Yarmouth. Picture: Dan HickeyPolice at the scene after the death of a young woman in Great Yarmouth. Picture: Dan Hickey (Image: Dan Hickey)

It is believed she was found by a neighbour.

On Wednesday afternoon one police car and a forensics van remained outside the flat and a cordon had been removed.

A police forensics van outside a house on Middlegate in Great Yarmouth where a woman in her 20s was found dead on November 19.A police forensics van outside a house on Middlegate in Great Yarmouth where a woman in her 20s was found dead on November 19. (Image: Daniel Hickey) A man living on Middlegate said: "I didn’t know her that well but she was very friendly with the kids in the neighbourhood."

A woman said: "She was a really nice girl."