Man charged with manslaughter after death in Wigston three years ago

A man has been charged with manslaughter after a man died in Wigston in 2022.

Author: Molly HookingsPublished 6th Aug 2025

A man has been charged with manslaughter after the death of a man in Wigston almost three years ago.

Christopher Pearson, 78, was involved in an incident on Long Street on 15 October 2022. He died in hospital 10 days later.

Darren Blackwell, 61, of Bentinghouse Gardens, Leicester, has now been charged with manslaughter.

He is due in Leicester Magistrates Court today (6 August).

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