Stoke death: Man charged with murder
A man has been charged with murder, following the discovery of a body outside a house in Stoke on Friday.
Steven Mutch, 45, of Bishop Road, Chell Heath, has been remanded in custody to appear before magistrates at Newcastle-under-Lyme on Monday.
The victim has been formally identified as Mark Everard, 48, also of Bishop Road and known to family and friends as Grass.
A post-mortem examination concluded he died of abdominal injuries.
Staffordshire Police said the dead man's family had been informed.