Man accused of killing his younger brother has murder charge dropped A man who was charged with murder following the death of his brother has admitted a lesser charge of assault. Police were called at around 6.40pm on Saturday September 5 to an incident in which a man had been assaulted near to Barclays Bank in Lancaster. Officers were then subsequently called at 10.15am on Monday September 7 to a house in Chestnut Grove, Lancaster, following reports of a sudden death. Police were quickly able to establish that the man who had died was 46-year-old Seamus Cuffe, who was also the victim of the earlier altercation on Saturday September 5.