Man charged with murder after fatal Hemsworth shooting

Connor Batty, 26, died after a fun was fired inside a home last September

Connor Batty, 26, was fatally shot last September
Author: Matt SoanesPublished 28th Jan 2026

A 60-year-old man has been charged with murder after a 26 year old was fatally shot last year in Hemsworth.

Adrian Frost, of Barnsley Road, Wakefield, is accused of killing Connor Batty, who died after a firearm was discharged inside a home on Barnsley Road on September 11 2025.

Frost is due before Leeds Magistrates Court tomorrow (January 29).

Alongside the murder charge, Frost also faces charges of supplying class B drugs and abstracting or using electricity without authority.

He has further been charged with possession of a firearm without a certificate, possession of a weapon designed or adapted for the discharge of gas, possession of an offensive weapon in a private place, and possession of a flick knife or gravity knife.

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