Man charged with murder over Co Durham shooting
A man has been charged with murder over the fatal shooting of a 60-year-old grandfather in Co Durham, police say.
Barry Dawson died when he was shot through a downstairs front window of his terraced house in Elm Street in Stanley on Saturday afternoon.
Durham Constabulary said Kevin Dorward, 38, of Annfield Plain, Co Durham, had been charged with murder while Michaela Hetherington, 35, also of Annfield Plain, had been charged with perverting the course of justice.
Both have been remanded in custody and will appear at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.
The force said a 21-year-old man had also been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the case, while a 20-year-old man and 49-year-old woman had been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.
Source: BBC