Man Charged with Manslaughter, Front Street, Pontefract

Man Charged with Manslaughter, Front Street, Pontefract

West Yorkshire Police

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*Wednesday, 28 May, 2025*

Police investigating an incident in Pontefract which resulted in the death of a man have charged a man with manslaughter.  

Dylan Maxwell, aged 27, of Wood View Avenue, Castleford, is to appear before magistrates in Leeds on 22 July.  

The charge relates to the death of Luke Thompson, 25, who passed away in hospital after he was seriously injured in an incident in Front Street in the early hours of 19 November 2023. 

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