A SECOND man has been charged in connection with the murder of a man whose badly burned body was found in Horwich.

Imran Kahn, aged 21, of Bridgeman Street, Bolton, has been charged with assisting an offender and will appear at Manchester Crown Court tomorrow.

Shadaz Fayyaz, aged 31, of Rishton Lane, Great Lever, died from serious head injuries. His body was dumped and set alight in a field off George's Lane, close to Rivington Pike. It was found at on Sunday, November 11.

A first man, Tasawar Hussain, aged 36, of Bromwich Street, the Haulgh, has already been charged with murder.