Detectives investigating a death in Notting Hill have charged a man with manslaughter

Police investigating a death in Notting Hill have charged a man with manslaughter. Serhiy Pelykh, 22 a Ukrainian national of North Road, Brentford was arrested on 20 June and charged the next day. He appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, 22 June, and was remanded until 19 July when he will appear at the Central Criminal Court. This charge follows the death of a 40-year-old man in Notting Hill on Sunday, 16 June. The deceased can be named as Stepan Suslyk of Brentford, originally from Ukraine. Police were called on 16 June to a north London hospital concerning Mr Suslyk, who had been brought in by the London Ambulance Service. It is believed that he had suffered a head injury in the early hours of that morning in Holland Park Avenue, W11. Mr Suslyk died two days later. His next of kin have been informed. A post-mortem examination on 21 June at Fulham mortuary established the cause of death as blunt trauma to the head. Detectives from the Met’s Homicide Command are investigating. A 22-year-old man was arrested on 20 June and charged as above.

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