TWO men have been charged with the murder of a pensioner who was shot at his local pub.
Fred Fowler, 72, was shot at the Tap and Barrel pub, in Hendon, Sunderland, in an attack in which teenager Michael Nixon was injured.
A 19-year-old man from Hartlepool has been charged with murder and attempted murder. He will appear before Sunderland magistrates today.
A 46-year-old man from Billingham, Teesside, has appeared in court after he was charged with murder and attempted murder.
Robert Fox, 36, of Rotherham Road, Sunderlandappeared in court last week charged with murder and was remanded in custody to appear again at Newcastle Crown Court on October 8.
He is also charged with possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life in a separate incident in March this year.
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