20-year-old charged with murder of Rochdale man

Date published: 12 July 2010


A man has been charged with murder after the body of a Rochdale man was found at a flat in Blackpool.

Ambulance crews found the badly beaten body of John Whitham, 48, at a flat in Central Drive, Blackpool on Friday.

Richard Goss, 20, also of Central Drive, has been charged with his murder.

He is to appear at Blackpool Magistrates' Court on Tomorrow (Tuesday 13 July 2010).

Two men, aged 32 and 36, and a 16-year-old girl have been released without charge.

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