A LABOURER has been charged with the murder of Brighton man Abdul Deghayes.

Daniel Macleod, 36, of Lambeth, South London, will appear before Brighton magistrates tomorrow (Friday).

Mr Deghayes, 22, died on Sunday after he was stabbed in Elm Grove on Saturday night.

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The alarm was raised at 9.28pm on Saturday when Mr Deghayes was found in the passenger seat of a silver Volkswagen Polo that had collided with a number of cars near St Joseph's church.

He had suffered a number of stab wounds and was taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton where he died from his injuries at 6.28am the next morning.

Two of Abdul's brothers, Abdullah, 18, and Jaffar, 17, were killed fighting in Syria in 2014.

They were fighting to otherthrow the government of Bashar Al-Assad.