Manslaughter Waterford Road Ipswich 25/07/2025
The Joint Norfolk and Suffolk Major Investigation Team have appealed for information after a male who was involved in an altercation on 25 July 2025 has sadly died.
Details of Incident
Police investigating the death of a man in Ipswich have charged two people with manslaughter.
The man died at Ipswich Hospital on 11th August after an incident which took place in the Ulster Avenue and Waterford Road areas of Whitehouse on Friday 25th July.
A Home Office post-mortem examination was carried out on Wednesday 13th August and subject to confirmation at formal inquest proceedings the man has been identified as Andrew Roche, 42.
Thomas Watchman, 38, of Wicklow Road, Ipswich, and a teenage boy, who cannot be named because of his age, will appear before Ipswich Magistrates this morning.
Contact Information
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