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Four charged on Hester Mottershead death in Wolverhampton

Four men have been charged with burgling a former Wolverhampton headteacher, who later died of a suspected stroke after a raid at her Tettenhall home.

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They are among five men charged with a total of 28 offences following a series of robberies and burglaries across the region.

The men, aged 18, 20, 21 and two 22-year-olds, are due to appear at Wolverhampton Magistrates Court tomorrow.

Hester Mottershead, 90, had a suspected stroke after letting men into her Saxonfield home on August 17. She collapsed afterwards and went to hospital.

She died the day after and police launched a murder inquiry.

Miss Mottershead, former head of Wolverhampton Girls' High School, was known by family and friends as Stella.

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