A MAN has been charged with the murder of a Sunderland teenager who died 22 years ago.
Fourteen-year-old Simon Martin’s body was discovered at a house on Roker Terrace in Sunderland, in May 1990.
Kingsley Hyland, head of the complex casework unit at the Crown Prosecution Service North East, said: "I have today authorised Northumbria Police to charge Steven John Grieveson, also known as Steven John Field, with one count of murder, after careful consideration of new evidence in this case. The charge relates to the discovery of the body of 14-year old Simon Martin at a derelict property in Sunderland, on May 26 1990.
“This decision was taken in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors."
Mr Grieveson, 42, will appear before Sunderland Magistrates Court next month.
