A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a father who died following an assault outside a village pub.
David Darke, 66, suffered a serious head injury in an assault outside The Crown Inn, in Church Street, Appleby Magna, Leicestershire, at about 21:45 GMT on 21 December.
He was taken to the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham where he died six days later.
Nathan Gothard, 36, of Church Street, Appleby Magna, appeared at Leicester Crown Court on Wednesday and was remanded into custody.