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| Man, 18, charged with murder of PC Dave Phillips | Man, 18, charged with murder of PC Dave Phillips |
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| An 18-year-old man has been charged with murder following the death of a Merseyside Police officer who was struck by a car. | An 18-year-old man has been charged with murder following the death of a Merseyside Police officer who was struck by a car. |
| PC Dave Phillips died after a pick-up vehicle mounted a central reservation in Wallasey, Merseyside on Monday. | PC Dave Phillips died after a pick-up vehicle mounted a central reservation in Wallasey, Merseyside on Monday. |
| Clayton Williams, of Wheatland Lane, Wallasey has been charged with PC Phillips' murder and attempting to wound his colleague. | Clayton Williams, of Wheatland Lane, Wallasey has been charged with PC Phillips' murder and attempting to wound his colleague. |
| He is also charged with burglary and aggravated theft of a motor vehicle. | He is also charged with burglary and aggravated theft of a motor vehicle. |
| A second man, Phillip Stuart, 30, of Mayfair Court, Oxton, has also been charged with burglary and aggravated unauthorised taking a car. | |
| Both men are due to appear at Wirral Magistrates' Court on Thursday. | Both men are due to appear at Wirral Magistrates' Court on Thursday. |
| Married father-of-two PC Phillips was responding to reports of a burglary in Woodchurch Road, Birkenhead in the early hours of Monday. | Married father-of-two PC Phillips was responding to reports of a burglary in Woodchurch Road, Birkenhead in the early hours of Monday. |
| He and a colleague had been attempting to stop a vehicle using a tyre-puncturing "stinger" device at 02:10 BST, police said. | He and a colleague had been attempting to stop a vehicle using a tyre-puncturing "stinger" device at 02:10 BST, police said. |
| Fellow officers tried to save PC Phillips' life but he died shortly after arriving at hospital. | Fellow officers tried to save PC Phillips' life but he died shortly after arriving at hospital. |
| On Wednesday PC Phillips' widow, Jen, and their daughters, Abigail, seven, and Sophie, three, laid flowers at the side of the road. | |
| Later, friends and family, including sisters Hannah Whieldon and Kate Phillips, paid tribute to him at a press conference organised by Merseyside Police. | |
| On Wednesday evening, hundreds of people turned out to pay their respects to the officer at a candlelit vigil at New Brighton's Fort Perch Rock, Wirral. | On Wednesday evening, hundreds of people turned out to pay their respects to the officer at a candlelit vigil at New Brighton's Fort Perch Rock, Wirral. |
| A book of condolence is to be opened at Liverpool Town Hall on Thursday for the public to leave messages of sympathy. | A book of condolence is to be opened at Liverpool Town Hall on Thursday for the public to leave messages of sympathy. |