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Murder charge over football death | |
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Police have charged a 20-year-old man with murder after an amateur footballer died when a fight broke out with opposing players at the end of a game. | |
Stephen Ritchie, 43, died of head injuries after he became involved in a brawl at the final whistle of the match on Sunday afternoon, police said. | |
Mr Ritchie, of Brentford, west London, was pronounced dead at the scene at Little Harlington Playing Fields. | |
A second man, also 20, has been charged with causing actual bodily harm (ABH). | |
Darren Forwood, of Frays Avenue, West Drayton, has been charged with murder and Brandon Thompson, of Widmore Road, Hillingdon, is charged with ABH. | |
Both will appear at Uxbridge Magistrates Court on Tuesday. | |
A police spokesman said emergency services were called to the pitch in Sipson Laneat about 1220 BST. | |
Mr Ritchie was pronounced dead at the scene about 45 minutes later. A post mortem examination on Monday morning gave the cause of death as a head injury. | Mr Ritchie was pronounced dead at the scene about 45 minutes later. A post mortem examination on Monday morning gave the cause of death as a head injury. |