A 17-year-old boy has been charged with murder following the death of a man in Dartford.

The teenager, who can not be named for legal reasons, appeared at Medway Magistrates' Court yesterday.

Kent Police were called at 11.52am on Saturday, November 19 to a report that a man had fallen ill following an alleged altercation at an address in Sackville Road.

He was pronounced dead at the scene at 12.44pm.

The investigation is ongoing and is being handled by detectives from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate.