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Anthony Jenkins, 31, and Joseph Jenkins, 29, both of Covent Gardens, Stockport, are due to appear before Stockport magistrates' court tomorrow (Saturday) charged with murder.

John Grainger, 32, from Hazel Grove, Stockport, was beaten and shot before his head was severed and his body torched. Firefighters discovered the burning body in a car park near Stockport town centre just before 5am yesterday.

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