Police charge two youths with Henley murder

LONDON, Dec 12 (Reuters) Two teenage males have been charged with the murder of 43-year-old businessman Stephen Langford, who died in a late-night street fight with a group of youths in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.

Serious violence is virtually unknown in the wealthy riverside town, famous for its expensive property prices and Royal Regatta boat race.

Langford died in hospital of a head injury after the fight near the town's police station in the early hours of Saturday morning.

A 17-year-old Henley boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, and 19-year-old James Diggins from Reading will appear at Oxford Magistrates Court, Thames Valley police said today.

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