Man charged with Brighton murder

A man has been charged with the murder of a 62-year-old in Brighton.

Ricardo Pisano, 35, of Methuen Street, Southampton, has been charged with the murder of Michael Polding, of St George’s Road in Kemp Town.

Pisano was arrested in the early hours of Monday morning (6 May) in Southampton after a disturbance in a house, Sussex Police said.

He was identified as the suspect wanted for the murder of Mr Polding, who was found dead in his flat in Brighton on Monday 16 July last year.

Pisano is due to appear at Brighton Magistrates’ Court tomorrow (Saturday 11 May) charged with murdering Mr Polding, wounding Michael Polding and preventing the lawful and decent burial of a body.