A FIFTH man has been charged with murder following the death of a man in a Devon town last month.

Ben Helliker, 26, of Halsdon Road in Exmouth, has now been charged with murder.

He has been remanded to appear in front of Exeter Magistrates’ Court tomorrow, Wednesday, June 11.

Zac Davies, 23, of Hawthorn Grove, Exmouth; Dylan Chadwick, 23, of Cambourne Avenue, St Helens; Ben Mason, 23, of no fixed abode, Exmouth and Thomas Ward, 24, of Russell Walk, Exeter have been charged with murder and have already appeared in court.

Two men and a woman have also been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.

They have been released on police bail while enquiries continue.

Officers were called at around 00:45am on Saturday, May 31, following a report a man had been assaulted and located in the garden of a property in Ashfield Close.

Emergency services attended the location but despite the best efforts of paramedics, a 24-year-old male from the local area was pronounced deceased at the scene having suffered a single stab wound.