Murder charges after man killed in car park fight

Lee DaviesImage source, South Yorkshire Police
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Lee Davies, 38, died following a fight on Drummond Street in Rotherham, police say

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Three men will appear in court later charged with murder after another man was stabbed in Rotherham.

Police were called to reports of an "altercation" involving a group of men in a car park in Drummond Street at 00:18 on Tuesday.

Lee Davies, 38, from Rotherham, was taken to hospital but died later.

Simon Welsh, 37, of Doncaster Road, Rotherham, Martin Shaw, 45, of no fixed abode, and Jake Shaw, 26, of Canklow Road, Rotherham, have all been charged with murder.

The men are due to appear before Sheffield Magistrates' Court.

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