THREE people have been charged with manslaughter and affray after the death of a man.
A group of people were working late at a café, preparing to open their new business, in Church Road, Burgess Hill, on May 13 when a group of people, unknown to them caused a disturbance.
During this a 35-year-old woman was assaulted.
Shortly afterward, one of the people from the cafe, a 63-year-old man Frank Milligan, from Burgess Hill, collapsed and was taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.
He died two days later.
Two men were arrested at the scene with a further two men and a woman arrested later.
Three men have now been charged.
John Venn, 19, a labourer, of The Highlands, Cuckfield, Hayden Garrett, 20, unemployed of Allen Road, Haywards Heath and Joshua Hewes, 20, a bricklayer of Silver Birches, Haywards Heath, have all been charged with affray and manslaughter.
The two others, a 19-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman both from Haywards Heath, have been released without charge.
The men will appear at Crawley Magistrates' Court on January 11.
Detective Sergeant Vicki Tomlinson said: "This investigation has been a complex and thorough one. We continue to support the family through a very difficult time."
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