TWO men are due to appear in court today charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old in Essex.John Ward was killed on the doorway of a house in the seaside village of Point Clear in March this year.

TWO men are due to appear in court today charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old in Essex.

John Ward was killed on the doorway of a house in the seaside village of Point Clear in March this year.

Stephen Walker, 27, from High Street, Dedham, and Martin Brown, 24, of Windmill Road, Bradfield, have both been charged with conspiracy to murder and are being held in custody.

They will be appearing at Colchester Magistrates' Court today.

A third man, a 26-year-old from Colchester, was last night under arrest and being held for police questioning about the shooting.