Detectives have charged a man over the murder of Akeem Francis-Kerr in Walsall town centre last weekend

Liam Cooper

Edward Wilson was detained in South Yorkshire in connection with the fatal stabbing at Valesha’s nightclub last Saturday morning.

The 39-year-old from Oldbury has now been charged with murder and remanded to appear at Birmingham Magistrates Court today.

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