A TEENAGER has been charged with the murder of a 20-year-old man in Eccles.

Jamie Roscoe, aged 19, of Cliftonville Drive, Swinton, was appearing before Salford magistrates today accused of killing Simon David Bateman.

Police were called to Mr Bateman's house in Hereford Road, Monton, on Monday night. He had suffered serious injuries and was taken to Hope Hospital, where he died a short time later.

A post mortem examination revealed that Mr Bateman died from a stab wound to the chest.