Man to appear before magistrates this morning charged with Mapperley Park murder

A 20-year-old man is due before Nottingham Magistrates’ this morning after being charged with the murder after an 18-year-old man in Mapperley Park.

Police were called to an address in Woodborough Road at around 1am on Friday, April 2017.

Matthew Rothery was taken to Queens Medical Centre but died shortly afterwards from stab wounds

Nathan Towsey of Braunton Crescent in Mapperley was arrested on Sunday night and has now been charged with murder and possession of an offensive weapon in a public place.