A WIDOW is demanding answers after a 16-year-old accused of her Vauxhall worker husband's murder had the charge against him dropped.

Lea Fuller, the mother of Paul Fuller s three children, wants police to explain to her why the murder charge was discontinued by the Crown Prosecution Service.

Senior officers, who say new evidence came to light in the teenager's favour, are willing to talk to Mrs Fuller.

They also say they are not looking for anyone else in connection with Mr Fuller's death, which happened in May.

But Mrs Fuller, of Oxton, Wirral, said: 'Someone needs to tell me and my children what happened.

'It's very hard to understand.

'I feel let down by the justice system. The family is devastated.'

Superintendent Val Barker of Merseyside Police, who is the area commander for Wirral, said the teenager was arrested and charged with Mr Fuller's murder back in May.

He added: 'But as a result of further evidence that has since come to light, the CPS has discontinued the case.

'This investigation was rigorously conducted by our officers and we received extremely positive feedback from the Wirral community during the course of our inquiries, which led to a successful arrest and subsequent charge.

'Merseyside Police are not looking for anyone else in connection with this inquiry and we cannot comment any further as a full inquest is yet to be held.'

Supt Barker would not comment on the nature of the new evidence.

Mr Fuller, 37, who lived with his family on Shrewsbury Road, worked on the production line at Vauxhall in Ellesmere Port.

He had been enjoying a night on the town with friends on Sunday, May 13.

At 1am he was walking back alone to his brother Peter's house in Oxton when he was attacked nearby by a group of people at the corner of Woodchurch Road and Brattan Road, Prenton.

Mrs Fuller said: 'He just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.'

As a result, her husband suffered serious head injuries.

He was taken first to Arrowe Park Hospital, then to the specialist neuro facility at Walton Hospital in Liverpool for emergency surgery, where he died on Saturday, May 19.

As a result of police inquiries, the 16-year-old was arrested and charged with Mr Fuller's murder.

The teenager appeared before Wallasey Youth Court on May 23. He cannot be legally named because of his age.

Four other youths questioned by murder squad detectives in connection with the attack on Mr Fuller were released.