Three boys charged with murder of Bailey Atkinson in Walsall
The teenagers are due in court on Saturday (4 January).
Three teenage boys have been charged with the murder of Bailey Atkinson who was stabbed to death in Walsall.
The 15-year-old and two 16-year-olds were arrested at a hotel in Rhyl, North Wales, on Tuesday night and will appear before Wolverhampton magistrates today (Saturday).
Bailey was attacked on the High Street near Asda in the early hours of Saturday. He was taken to hospital, but died of his injuries.
A post-mortem revealed the 20-year-old, from Bloxwich, had died of multiple stab wounds.
Detective Inspector Jim Mahon, from our homicide unit, said: “Our investigation has been fast paced but has not stopped with these arrests. We know there were others involved in the tragic events of Saturday night and we are determined to find everyone involved to get justice for Bailey’s family.
“We urge anyone with information that they may be withholding, possibly through misguided loyalty, to come forward now.”
A Section 60 dispersal order was again in place overnight in the areas of St Matthews, Bloxwich West and East, Blakenall, Birchills and Leamore.
The Order gives officers the power to stop and search people suspected to be involved in violence, without the need to have reasonable grounds.