Simon Beston, who died after an alleged assault in Newcastle City Centre (Image: Handout / Northumbria Police)

Police have released a CCTV image as they continue to investigate the death of a man following a suspected assault in Newcastle .

Simon Beston, 55, died following an incident in the Chinatown area of the city centre. Northumbria Police received a report from the ambulance service shortly before 10.30pm on Saturday, July 26, of a man with injuries on Saint Andrew’s Street.

It was reported that a man and a woman had been in an altercation with a small group of people when the man was punched to the head and fell to the ground. Mr Beston suffered serious head injuries in the incident, the police say.

Emergency services attended the scene, and he was taken to hospital for

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