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17:50 28/06/2021
Two teenagers have been charged with murder following the death of a man in Salford.
Police were called to an address on Cook Street, Eccles, at 7.26am on Tuesday 22 June 2021 to a report of a concern for the welfare of a man.
Emergency services attended and discovered the body of a 48-year old man later named as Leigh Smith.
Two males, both aged 17, have been charged with his murder and have been remanded into custody to appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court tomorrow (29 June 2021).
Police are still appealing for information about the incident - contact police via LiveChat on the GMP website at www.gmp.police.uk or call 0161 856 5194 quoting incident number 519 of 22/06/21.
Alternatively, contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.