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07:39 29/03/2021
Three teenagers have been charged with the murder of Scott Anderton.
Liam Bailey (25/10/2002), of Diamond Street, Leigh, and two boys – aged 16 and 17 – who cannot be named for legal reasons, have all been charged with one count of murder.
They have been remanded to appear at Manchester Crown Magistrates’ Court on Monday 29 March.
Police were called shortly before 7am on Thursday 25 March to a report of a body in the Leeds and Liverpool canal.
Sadly, 33-year-old Scott Anderton from Leigh was pronounced dead at the scene.