Man charged with murder after victim of street fight in Newmarket dies in hospital

A 25-year-old man has been charged with murder, after a man who sustained serious injuries following an incident in Newmarket earlier this month died in hospital.

Officers were called at 3.40pm on Saturday, March 8, to reports of an altercation involving four people in High Street.

Two men sustained injuries as a result of the incident and were taken to hospital. One of the injured parties, aged 45, was discharged later in the evening on March 8.

The other casualty, aged 71, remained in Addenbrooke’s Hospital, in Cambridge, in a critical condition where he sadly died yesterday, Tuesday, March 18.

A 25-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of assault causing grievous bodily harm and subsequently bailed, was rearrested yesterday afternoon and taken to Bury St Edmunds Police Investigation Centre for questioning.

Levi Williams, of Holland Park, Newmarket, has subsequently been charged with murder.

He was remanded in custody and is due to appear before Ipswich Magistrates’ Court (pictured above) today, Wednesday, March 19.

A 23-year-old man who was also arrested on suspicion of assault causing grievous bodily harm; and a 45-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of affray; both remain on police bail until June 5 and June 9 respectively.