01/10/2009

Man Charged Over Taxi Driver Death

A 62-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a taxi driver who was found shot dead in his car in Derbyshire.

The body of Stuart Ludlam was found dead in the back of his Ford Focus near Cromford railway station, near Matlock, on September 17.

A post-mortem revealed that the married father-of-three from Darley Dale had died from a shotgun wound.

A 62-year-old man, who has not been named, is due to appear before magistrates in Derby charged with murder, on Thursday.

(KMcA/BMcC)

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