Woman charged with murder of 'funny and loving' man in Hyde

The family of a 28-year-old man who died after police were called to reports of a domestic disturbance have said he was "larger than life" and "will be missed by all who loved him".

Emergency services were called to a property on Thorsby Avenue in Hyde and found Rees Howarth in a critical condition on Sunday 23 April 2023, at around 2:55pm.

Despite the best efforts of officers and medical professionals, he died.

Two women aged 19 and 27 were arrested at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder.

They were then further arrested on suspicion of murder later that evening and remain in custody for further questioning.

On Tuesday 25 April 2023, Katie Yeomans, 27 and from Thorsby Avenue, Hyde was charged with murder.

She appeared before Manchester Magistrates Court today on Wednesday 26 April 2023.

A 19-year-old woman was released with no further action to be taken.

DCI Mark Davis of GMP’s Major Incident Team said: "Our thoughts are of course with the victim’s family and we will continue to support them at this extremely difficult time.

"Again, I would like to reassure the public that this is an is an isolated incident with no wider risk to the public and we would please ask that members of the public not to speculate on this investigation.

"We can confirm that the 28-year-old victim is Rees Howarth and his family have expressed the following words to be shared in tribute to his memory.

"They said that Rees was an ‘active and outing man, who was funny and loving. He had a heart of gold and was caring and kind hearted.

"He was a larger than life character who will be sadly missed by all who loved him’ and have expressed that their family and loved ones have privacy while they grieve for their loss."

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