Two charged over body found in SA gutter

Two men have been charged with murder after a man's body was found in a street in Adelaide's northwest.

The pair, a 24-year-old from Ottoway and a 23-year-old from South Brighton, were arrested on Wednesday night.

They have been refused bail and will face Port Adelaide Magistrates Court on Thursday.

The body of the man was found lying in the gutter on a road in Woodville North early on Wednesday.

He was missing clothing on the lower half of his body and appeared to be aged in his late 40s, SA Police said.