Murder Charges After Man Hit By Metal Object

Three people have been charged with murder after a man died following an attack in Essex. Police said Michael Beckwith suffered head injuries after being assaulted with a metal object in Barrack Lane, Harwich, just before 10pm on 31 July. Twenty seven year-old Scott Swift, from Dovercourt, Rebecca Ryan, 21, from Weeley, and a 17-year-old boy, from Harwich, will all appear at Colchester Magistrates' Court today.