Bootle stabbing: Boy, 17, charged over stab death

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Steven Tucker was described as 'decent and hard-working'

A man and a teenager have been charged in connection with the death of a man who was stabbed in Merseyside.

Steven Tucker, 51, died after a disturbance at a flat in Wadham Road, Bootle, on Saturday.

A 17-year-old boy from Bootle, who cannot be be named because of his age, has been charged with murder.

Kenneth John Blood, 33, of Wadham Road, Bootle has been charged with perverting the course of justice and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Both are in custody and are due before Liverpool City Magistrates court on Wednesday.

A 33-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman arrested in connection with the investigation have been released on police bail, pending further inquiries.

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