A TEENAGER has been charged with the murder of a 16-year-old boy who died after being stabbed.
Mark Smith, of St John's Walk in Newcastle, was found outside a takeaway in the town's West End on Wednesday, and later died in hospital from a single stab wound.
A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder and will appear before magistrates in Newcastle this morning.
Police last night also arrested a 20-year-old Newcastle man on suspicion of murder.
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