A man has been charged with murder following the death of a man near Hadlow.

Carl Eldred, 33, of Little Footway, Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, was charged with murder last night (December 29) by detectives from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate.

Police and ambulance crews were called to the A26 near the Hadlow Manor Hotel just after 10.30pm on Friday night.

A man in his 30s from Tonbridge was found dead at the scene.

The victim and the suspect were known to each other.

Eldred will appear before Medway Magistrates' Court tomorrow.