A MAN was charged last night with the murder of a convicted paedophile.

The 41-year-old local man will appear before Guisborough magistrates, in east Cleveland, today in connection with the death of Arnold Hartley.

A second man aged 42 and a 16-year-old girl were released without charge following their arrests yesterday.

Mr Hartley, 73, was found battered to death in his dilapidated home in Redcar more than two weeks ago.