A MAN has been arrested and charged in connection with the death of Neil Canney in Greenock.

Police have confirmed that the 23-year-old is due to appear at Greenock Sheriff Court today.

He is the fifth man to be arrested in connection with Mr Canney’s death, with four others already fully committed for trial.

Mr Canney, 37, was found seriously injured in Nairn Road around 1.15am on February 28 2023.

He was taken by ambulance to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow where he died a short time later.