Man charged with murder of 71-year-old grandfather

News imageNorthamptonshire Police John Gerard Boyle has short white hair and is wearing black and white framed glasses and a blue jumper over a white shirt. He is smiling broadly.Northamptonshire Police
John Gerard Boyle lived with "love, humility, and dedication to his family"

A man has been charged in connection with the murder of a 71-year-old father of six and grandfather of 15.

Northamptonshire Police said it was called to a flat in Leatherland Court, Kettering, on Saturday and found John Gerard Boyle with fatal injuries.

John David Martin Mills, 45, of Marriott Street, Northampton, has been charged with murder and theft of a vehicle.

He is due to appear at Northampton Magistrates' Court on Thursday morning.

A man, 42, and two women, aged 27 and 35, who were also arrested have been released on police bail pending further inquiries.

News imageIan Brown/BBC Two police officers wearing black uniforms search a bush in a car park outside a block of flats. Police tape blocks the front of the block and the car park. A police car is parked and there is also a red welfare unit in the car park.Ian Brown/BBC
Officers were called to a flat in Leatherland Court on Saturday

In a statement released on Monday, his family said he was "not only a father of six and a proud grandfather of 15, he was a man whose love and kindness touched everyone who knew him.

"We are shattered that his life was taken from us.

"No words can capture the pain we feel, but we want everyone to remember him not for how he died but for how he lived – with love, humility and dedication to his family."

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