POLICE investigating the death of Birmingham teenager Kenichi Phillips have charged a 24-year-old Dudley woman in connection with the case.

Shaleana Samuels, of Elmbridge Way, Dudley, has been charged with assisting an offender and bailed to appear before Walsall Magistrates Court on March 10.

Samuels has also been charged with two unrelated counts of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs and one charge of possessing Class B drugs.

Kenichi Phillips died after being shot in Ladywood, Birmingham, in March last year.

Teenager Disham Downie is currently serving life for the murder.