Police have provided an update on their investigation into the death of a man outside a theatre in Hornchurch last month.

Officers were called to North Street near Queen's Theatre at 4.57am on July 16 by the London Ambulance Service.

A man in his 50s was found unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene.

Today (August 1), a Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: "Following a post-mortem it is being treated as non suspicious.

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"[The] cause of death [is] still under investigation but third party involvement [has been] ruled out."

Following the man's death his next of kin were informed by police.

People in the area had heard police driving to the theatre in the early hours of the morning.

Police tape was put up around the scene on July 16 while investigation work took place.