Police have launched a murder inquiry after a retired lawyer was found dead at his home with a severe head injury.
The body of former CPS senior lawyer Martin Decker, 69, was discovered in his Birkenhead, Wirral home where he lived alone at about 5.20pm on Sunday.
Merseyside Police said a Home Office post mortem revealed the cause of death as a severe blunt force head injury.
A number of lines of inquiry are being pursued, police said, and CCTV, house-to-house and forensic inquiries are being carried out near the home in Vyner Croft.
Mr Decker worked for CPS Mersey Cheshire as a senior lawyer from 1986 until he retired in 2012.
Police remain at murder scene as flowers laid for gentleman lawyer
Flowers have been left in tribute to Martin Decker
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Detectives investigating the murder of a gentleman lawyer remain at the scene in Wirral this morning. Officers were first called to a house in Vyner Croft, in Birkenhead, at about 5.20pm on Sunday where they found the body of Martin Decker.
The force said Mr Decker died as a result of a severe head injury.
Photos from the scene showed officers still working there, as a cordon remained in place.
Loving tributes were also left for Mr Decker, as flowers were left outside of the home.