A MAN has been charged with murder after the death of a teen motorcyclist in Guisborough at the weekend.

Matthew Philip Buckworth, of Charlton Garth in Guisborough, has been charged with the murder of 17-year-old Sonny Stephenson following an incident on the evening of Sunday August 27 in Bolckow Street, Guisborough.

The 34-year-old appeared briefly at Teesside Magistrates Court. He did not enter a plea and was remanded in custody to appear at Teesside Crown Court at 10am on Monday September 4.