19 Year Old Charged With Cleckheaton Murder

A 19 year old man has been charged with the murder of a man who was stabbed to death after a disturbance at a house party in West Yorkshire.

50 year old Peter Brocklesby was attacked near his home in Brooklyn Road, Cleckheaton in the early hours of Saturday morning. He suffered multiple stab wounds to his back and died later at Dewsbury Hospital.

Richard Oldroyd from Great Pond Street, Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury, has been charged with his murder, and is due to appear in court later.

Five other people who were also arrested in connection with the murder have all been released without charge.