Two teenagers charged with Salford murder

48-year-old Leigh Smith was found at a house in Eccles last Tuesday

Author: Luke WilsonPublished 28th Jun 2021

Two teenagers have been charged with murder following the death of a man in Salford.

Police were called to an address on Cook Street, Eccles, at 7.26am on Tuesday 22nd June to a report of a concern for the welfare of a man.

Emergency services attended and discovered the body of a 48-year-old man later named as Leigh Smith.

Two males, both aged 17, have been charged with his murder and have been remanded into custody to appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.

Police are still appealing for information about the incident - contact police via LiveChat on the GMP website at www.gmp.police.uk or call 0161 856 5194 quoting incident number 519 of 22/06/21.

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