A MAN is to appear in court today charged with the murder of a wedding guest over the weekend.
Geoffrey Hearn, 29, of Northmoor Road, Walkergate, Newcastle, is due before Berwick Magistrates.
He is charged with the murder of 34-year-old Jason Howard, of Queen Street, Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes, North Bucks.
Mr Howard was taken to Wansbeck General Hospital, in Ashington, Northumberland, after police were called to Rock Farmhouse, in Rock, near Alnwick, at 1.15am on Sunday.
He died a short time later and a post-mortem examination carried out by Home Office pathologist Dr James Sunter revealed he had died from a stab injury.
It is thought Mr Howard had come to the region for the wedding of Andy Corbett and his wife, Elaine Howard, who run a bed-and-breakfast business at Rock Farmhouse.
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