Overview

• Thomas Watchman, 38, and an unnamed teenage boy have been charged with manslaughter and are set to stand trial in the week commencing December 8.
• Both suspects were first arrested for grievous bodily harm after an altercation on Ulster Avenue on July 25 and were released on police bail until October 6.
• The victim, 42-year-old father of three Andrew Roche, died at Ipswich Hospital on Monday after suffering injuries in the July street fight.
• A Home Office post-mortem is under way as Suffolk Police continue to seek witnesses to the Ulster Avenue and Waterford Road incident, citing crime reference 37/41657/25.
• Local residents and Whitehouse borough councillor Colin Wright have voiced shock at the rare fatal violence in their community.