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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Oliver Clay

Three suspects named by police after mass street brawl

Three men are to appear in court today on firearms charges in connection with a brawl in Widnes on Monday.

Luke Price, aged 52, Rueben Price, 47, and Rueben Price Jnr, 25, have each been charged with one count of violent disorder and two counts of having a firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence.

They were arrested after police including armed units were called to reports of a brawl involving 20 people on Factory Lane in Widnes at around 12.30pm on Monday.

Police have made five arrests in relation to the incident in recent days and issued several witness appeals.

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Cheshire Constabulary announced today that detectives had charged the men.

Luke Price, of Southworth Road, Newton-le-Willows, Rueben Price, of Factory Lane, Widnes, and Rueben Price Jnr, of Regent Street, Newton-le-Willows, are due to appear at North Cheshire Magistrates’ Court in Warrington today.

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