A MAN has been charged in connection with the death of a man in Urmston.

Ashley Bosson, aged 25, of no fixed address, has been charged with murder and is due to appear at Manchester Magistrates’ Court on February 23 via video link.

At around 7pm on October 30, 2016, police were called to reports that the body of a man had been found at a property on Gloucester Road.

Officers attended and found the body of 42-year-old Philip Owen, who had suffered a stab wound to the neck.