A trial date has been set for a 28-year-old man charged with murder following the death of Charlie Greaves in Felixstowe.

Mr Greaves, 25, died following an incident in Undercliff Road West at about 9.20pm on Saturday, August 10.

Officers were called to a report of an assault with one person believed to have been injured close to the seafront.

Police were then called by the ambulance service at 10.30am the following day to a property in Carr Road where Mr Greaves, from Ipswich, was found dead.

On Monday, August 12, a man was arrested on suspicion of murder.

Daniel Martin, 28, of Felix Road, Felixstowe, was subsequently charged with murder and appeared before Suffolk Magistrates' Court on Friday morning and then Ipswich Crown Court in the afternoon.

Judge Martyn Levett set a provisional trial date for April 28 next year with a plea to be taken at a hearing on December 16.

The trial is expected to last three weeks and Martin has been remanded in custody.

An inquest has been opened in Mr Greaves' death at Suffolk Coroners' Court.

However, it has been suspended until criminal proceedings have concluded.

The inquest opening heard Mr Greaves was found not moving under a bed at Suffolk Sands Holiday Park, where he was staying, the night after the attack.

The hearing was told he suffered traumatic head injuries and was treated by paramedics at the scene before he died, with a Home Office post-mortem examination carried out several days later.

In a tribute released by Suffolk police, Mr Greaves' family described him as an "affable young man who was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time".

They continued: "He had been with his partner for eight years and loved to go on holiday with his family. He doted on his grandparents and would help to care for them.

"His pet Princess was a rescue dog that he had acquired about nine months ago and she had brought him a great deal of joy. He also loved to cook and play his music loud.

"He had a heart bigger than Ipswich and loved to chat - he would talk to anyone and everyone. He made an impact on the lives of everyone he met."