Two Prescot Men Charged with Jonathan Fitchett Murder

Merseyside Police charged two men with murder on Sunday night, following the death of Jonathan Fitchett, 22, from Prescot.

Gerard Childs, 27, of King Edward Road, Rainhill, and Stephen Price, 28, of Hayes Avenue, Prescot, were charged on Sunday night.

Jonathan, a former pupil of St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School in Whiston, was viciously assaulted by four men on Thursday 11 July, at Cables Retail Park, Prescot. The attack took place shortly before 1.30pm, in front of dozens of potential witnesses.

He suffered severe head injuries and cardiac arrest, and died in Whiston Hospital on Friday 12 July.

Childs and Price are in police custody and are due to appear at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court this morning (Monday 15 July).

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One Comment

1. 

   michelle

   Monday, July 15, 2013 at 5:12 pm

   RIP jonny so sad xx

   Reply