Woman, 22, is found dead in hotel room as three men aged 26, 46 and 49 are arrested on suspicion of murder

• Three men, aged 26, 46, and 49 have been arrested on suspicion of her murder
• Guests at hotel were awoken by police at 7am after calls of 'concern for safety'
• At 10.30am three police officers escorted a man from Adelphi Hotel in handcuffs

Three men aged 26, 46, and 49 have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 22-year-old woman was found dead in a Liverpool hotel.

Merseyside Police were called to Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool's city centre at 6.37am on Saturday morning after 'concerns' were raised for a woman's safety - only to find the 22-year-old's body in a hotel room.

Officers have since arrested a 26-year-old man from Seacombe, a 46-year-old man from Liverpool and a 49-year-old man from Widnes, all on suspicion of murder with the incident.

Guests staying at the Adelphi Hotel were woken up to the sounds of police 'banging' on their doors after the 22-year-old's body was found.

As the ambulance and police cars stood guard outside the doors, guests were allowed to come and go freely.

Many stood outside talking amongst themselves as they tried to piece together the events of the night before, while others were shocked by their rude awaking and being confronted by a host of ambulances and scientific support vehicles.

Hotel guest Jennifer, from York, told the Liverpool Echo: 'I came yesterday evening and I woke up this morning and there have been police and ambulances here for God knows how long.

'Police have been banging on everybody's doors asking what we have seen.

'We have woken up and up to now we don't know what is going on it could be anything.

'The person who did this could have come into my room and that is what worries me and it is terrifying to think it happened while I was asleep.'

At 10.30am three police officers escorted a man from the building in handcuffs. One guest also said that he saw another man being helped into the back of an ambulance with a 'bruised face and a limp' at around 9am.

One man from Birmingham who had been visiting Liverpool for a 'big night out' said that after coming back to the hotel in the early hours of this morning he was awoken at 7am by a police officer outside his hotel room door.

He said: 'It was about 7am and they asked if I had heard a disturbance in the night.

'They told me something had happened on my floor at around 3am this morning and someone has just told me that there was a cordon in the corridor.

'It's just a bit mad. I was not expecting to wake up to this and I have a hangover.'

Detectives added that they are 'keeping an open mind' with the investigation into the woman's death.

Police are in the process of identifying the woman's next of kin while enquiries are ongoing.

Detective Chief Inspector Lynsay Armbruster, said: 'We are in the very early stages of the investigation, and are trying to determine the circumstances around the young woman's death. I would appeal to anyone who was in the hotel in the early hours of this morning who may have seen or heard anything, at all to come forward.

'CCTV inquiries are ongoing and I would appeal to anyone with any information to please get in touch.'

Detective Chief Inspector for Merseyside Police, Lynsay Armbuster, said: 'We are in the very early stages of the investigation, and are trying to determine the circumstances around the young woman's death. 

'I would appeal to anyone who was in the hotel in the early hours of this morning who may have seen, or heard anything, at all to come forward.

CCTV enquiries are ongoing and Merseyside Police are appealing to anyone with any information, encouraging them to get in touch.

You can also call 101 quoting incident reference 0229 of 10 September, or contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously, on 0800 555 111.