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Man charged with youth manslaughter

Detectives investigating the death of an Arab student in a racially-motivated attack have charged a 21-year-old man with manslaughter.

George Austin, from Bermondsey, south London was charged with the manslaughter of Mohammed al-Majed, a Sussex Police spokesman said.

He has been remanded in custody to appear at Hastings Magistrates' Court.

Mohammed, 16, from Qatar, died two days after suffering a serious head injury when he hit the pavement during a confrontation in Hastings, East Sussex, on August 22.

Officers arrested the 21-year-old on an aircraft which had arrived in the UK from Cyprus on Thursday night.

Mohammed was studying English at EF International Language Schools in White Rock, Hastings, and had been in the town for about five weeks.

His body was flown back to Qatar after he died at King's College Hospital, London.

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