A man has been charged with the double murder of a 'deeply loved' elderly couple in an arson attack at their home.
Grandparents Eric Greener, 77, and Sheila Jackson, 83, were killed in their family home in South John Street, St Helens on Tuesday 15 July.
Lee Owens, 46 years, of no fixed address has been charged with two counts of murder and arson with intent to endanger life.
He has been remanded into custody to appear at Liverpool Magistrates Court on Saturday July, 26.
This follows the arrest of a 31-year-old man from St Helens on suspicion of murder on Sunday.
