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Man charged with murdering shopkeeper

Angela Ferguson
BBC News, Liverpool
Jonny Humphries/BBC Bunches of flowers rest against a green brick wall in front of a stretch of blue and white police tape. Beyond the tape is a white forensic tent and a number of police patrol cars. Jonny Humphries/BBC
Flowers were laid close to the scene where Nilani Nimalarajah was fatally stabbed in a shop in Bootle

A man has been charged with murdering a shopkeeper on Merseyside.

Nilani Nimalarajah, 44, died in hospital after being found with stab wounds at Low Cost Food and Wine on Stanley Road in Bootle on 20 June.

Nimalarajah Mathiyadaranam, 47, of Warrington Road in Widnes, Cheshire, has been charged with murder and possession of a knife or pointed item in a public place, as well as two breaches of restraining orders, Merseyside Police said.

He was remanded in custody to appear at Liverpool Magistrates' Court on Thursday.

Det Ch Insp Alan Nuttall urged people not to share material related to the incident online and said the force continued to appeal for anyone with information to come forward.

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