A WOMAN’S body has been discovered in an office in a Poole industrial estate.

Dorset Police were called to the Carphone Warehouse business office in Bourne Valley Road at around 11am on Wednesday this week after the body of the 40-year-old employee was discovered in circumstances not deemed to be suspicious.

A spokesman for the force said: “At 10.56am on Wednesday Dorset Police received a report of a concern for welfare at Carphone Warehouse at Bourne Valley Road in Poole.

“Officers attended and located the body of a woman, believed to be in her forties.

“There were no suspicious circumstances.

“Next of kin have been informed and the coroner notified.”

A spokesman for the South Western Ambulance Service confirmed the woman’s age.

“Paramedics were called at 10.50am by the police,” he said.

“There was one casualty, a 40-year-old woman, who was deceased when paramedics arrived.”

The company confirmed that the deceased was a member of staff.

A Dixons Carphone spokesperson said: “Our thoughts and prayers are with the individual’s family and friends at this difficult time.”

The news comes a day after the body of a man was discovered in Poole underpass.

Police said the death of the man, thought to be in his 30s and found on a pathway linking the Nuffield Industrial Estate to houses at Canford Heath on Thursday, is not being treated as suspicious.