An 18-year-old man has been charged with the manslaughter of a father-of-four in Wrexham on Sunday night.
Police have identified the teenager as Matthew Curtis from Gwersyllt, and the deceased father as Philip James Long from Marchweil.
Curtis will appear at Mold Magistrates Court today (August 7).
Flowers and tributes left at College Street, Wrexham
Mr Long, 36, died after he was taken to The Royal University Hospital in Stoke following reports of a man having been found unconscious on College Street near the steps leading up to St Giles’ Church after 1.30am on Sunday, August 4.
Matthew Curtis, 18 from the #Gwersyllt area of #Wrexham has been charged with the manslaughter of Philip James Long, 36 from Marchwiel #Wrexham following an incident College Street Wrexham in the early hours of August 4. He will before Mold Magistrates Court this morning
— North Wales Police (@NWPolice) August 7, 2019
North Wales Police have tweeted: "Matthew Curtis, 18 from the #Gwersyllt area of #Wrexham has been charged with the manslaughter of Philip James Long, 36 from Marchweil #Wrexham following an incident College Street Wrexham in the early hours of August 4.
"He will before Mold Magistrates Court this morning."
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