Ashtead football coach charged with murder (From Your Local Guardian)

Ashtead football coach charged with murder

6:42pm Tuesday 8th April 2008 in Epsom By Guardian Reporter

A 24-year-old Ashtead football coach has been charged with the murder of Matthew Demko.

Surrey Police charged Michael Jordan with the 25-year-old's death this afternoon.

Police found Mr Demko, from Epsom, in a garage in Links Road, Ashtead, at about 6pm on Friday.

He was declared dead by ambulance crews half an hour later.

A postmortem examination showed he died from a blunt force injury to the head.

A spokesman for Surrey Police explained officers were still carrying out forensic investigations at the scene - and these were likely to continue for the next few days.

Mr Demko, the oldest of three children, was described as a keen rugby player in a statement.

He had won a sports scholarship to Pangbourne College and played for Sutton and Epsom under 16s rugby team.

In the statement his family said: "He started with the company cutting grass and worked his way up.

"Despite working long hours he loved his job.

"He was often teased because part of his training involved flower arranging which conflicted with his rugby image.

"Although he was a big bloke physically he was always very warm and lived life to the full.

"He was always up-beat and if he had been out in the recent snowfall he would have found the biggest hill to slide down."

Jordan is due to appear at Redhill Magistrates' Court tomorrow.