Blackpool beach body: Two men charged with murder

 

 

The body was found on Blackpool beach between Central and South Pier on Saturday morning

 

Two men have been charged with murdering a man whose body was found on a beach in Blackpool.

The local man, who was aged in his 40s but has not been named, was found between the town's Central and South piers in the early hours of Saturday.

Colin Dugdale, 27, of Lytham Road, and Paul Thompson, 43, of Woodfield Road, both of Blackpool, are due before magistrates in the town later.

A third man, aged 38, who was arrested has been released without charge.