Murder charge after assault near medical centre
Keith Thompson died in hospital after an assault
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A man has been charged with murder after a 49-year-old man was attacked near a medical centre in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Lancashire Police said Keith Thompson was assaulted near the Bay Medical Centre in Heysham Road, Heysham, at about 04:00 BST on 28 September.
Mr Thompson, from Morecambe, was taken to hospital where he later died.
Police said Leigh Smith, of Binyon Court in Lancaster, had been charged with murder, adding that the 39-year-old, of Binyon Court in Lancaster, would appear before the city's magistrates' court later.
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