Man charged with murder over suspected shooting of Connor Batty in Hemsworth, Wakefield

A man has been charged with the murder of Connor Batty in Wakefield.

Detectives investigating the death of Connor Batty in Hemsworth on September 11, 2025, have now charged a man with his murder.

Adrian Frost, 60, of Barnsley Road, Wakefield, has been charged with the murder of Connor Batty, 26.placeholder image
Adrian Frost, 60, of Barnsley Road, Wakefield, has been charged with the murder of Connor Batty, 26. | YEP/WYP

Adrian Frost, 60, of Barnsley Road, Wakefield, will appear at Leeds Magistrates Court tomorrow (Thursday, January 29) charged with the murder of the 26-year-old.

Connor died after a firearm was discharged inside a property on Barnsley Road.

Frost, who self-defines as white British, has also been charged with supplying class B drugs, abstracting/using electricity without authority, possession of a firearm without a certificate, possession of a weapon designed or adapted for the discharge of gas, possession of an offensive weapon in a private place and possession of a flick knife or gravity knife.

Three other men have been charged in relation to the incident.

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